Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense - Collected Poems

Zusatztext "This is an elegant volume! likely to delight enthusiasts! while introducing Lewis Carrol's poetry to a younger readership. The poems are set out chronologically following a generous! thoughtful introduction from the esteemed Cambridge critic Gillian Beer. . . . The meticulous notes at the end of the book . . . are worth the price of the book on their own." — Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Lewis Carroll Klappentext 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass , in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky'. This beautiful, clothbound new edition collects together the marvellous range of Carroll's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'The Mock Turtle's Song', 'Father William' and many more. Zusammenfassung 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky'. This beautiful, clothbound new edition collects together the marvellous range of Carroll's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'The Mock Turtle's Song', 'Father William' and many more.

Product details

• Authors: Gillian Beer, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Lewis Carroll, Carroll Lewis
• Assisted by: Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustration), Gillian Beer (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2012
• EAN: 9780141195940
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119594-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 201 mm x 42 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Clothbound Classics; Hardcover Classics; A Penguin Classics Hardcover; Penguin Clothbound Classics; Penguin Classics; A Penguin Classics Hardcover; Penguin Clothbound Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets