[PDF] Selected Readings Serious And Humorous In Prose And Poetry eBook

Author : George Melville 1832-1890 Baker, Ed
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781371285128

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Author : Lewis Baxter Monroe
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2017-01-06
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ISBN : 9781334900020

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Excerpt from Public and Parlor Readings: Prose and Poetry for the Use of Reading Clubs and for Public and Social Entertainment; Humorous NE of the great needs in our busy American come munity is innocent recreation. As a relief from the cares of business, as a substitute for exciting and dan gerous pleasures, as diversion in the quiet workshop, as a means of cheering the aged and infirm, as amusement for the family and social circle, as entertainment for the Ly ceum and Literary Club, and finally as a personal accom plishment, what is more desirable than reading aloud? In this volume are thrown together choice specimens of wit and humor found in American and English litera ture, with an occasional dash from original sources. In making a selection, the question has not been asked, Has Tt passed the ordeal of the learned critics? But, Will it inspire an innocent laugh? If so, it is a benefaction, and it shall have the wings of this book to y abroad, possibly in a wider circle, at least into some little nooks and corners where it would not otherwise have alighted, and accomplish there its genial mission. Readers. Desiring selections of a more serious character may find something to their taste in the forthcoming volumes of this series. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Author : James Tate
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 30,36 MB
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0060750022

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In his fourteenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James Tate continues exploring his own peculiar brand of poetry, transforming our everyday world, a world where women give birth to wolves, wild babies are found in gardens, and Saint Nick visits on a hot July day. Tate's signature style draws on a marvelous variety of voices and characters, all of which sound vaguely familiar, but are each fantastically unique, brilliant, and eccentric. Yet, as Charles Simic observed in the New York Review of Books, "With all his reliance on chance, Tate has a serious purpose. He's searching for a new way to write a lyric poem." He continues, "To write a poem out of nothing at all is Tate's genius. For him, the poem is something one did not know was there until it was written down. . . . Just about anything can happen next in this kind of poetry and that is its attraction. . . . Tate is not worried about leaving us a little dazed. . . . He succeeds in ways for which there are a few precedents. He makes me think that anti-poetry is the best friend poetry ever had."