Editor Green, R. L., Charles Folkard
The Book of Nonsense
Hardcover
(E.P. Dutton & Co. March 15, 1956)
, First edition. edition
Illustrated by Charles Folkard in color, with original drawings by Tenniel, Lear, Furniss, Holiday, Hughes, Sheppard and others. Anthologies of nonsense usually begin with Edward Lear, but, as the present collection shows, even the ancient Greeks did not always confine themselves to sense. A medieval nonsense poem leads the way to a selection of nonsense rhymes of varying dates-but it is almost as surprising to find Ben Jonson and Shakespeare in such a collection as it is to find Swift and Dr. Johnson. From their 'Age of Reason' come such famous examples of nonsense as the 'Grand Panjandrum' and original version of Baron Munchausen's adventures, besides several other poems and verses, and the early years of the nineteenth century have several unexpected representations.
- Series
- Children's Illustrated Classics
- ISBN
- 0460050354 / 9780460050357
- Pages
- 287
- Weight
- 17.6 oz.
Enjoy reading The Book of Nonsense? You may also like these books
-
R
Edgar Allan Poe
Tales of Terror and Fantasy: Ten Stories from "Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Hardcover (J M Dent & Sons Ltd June 1, 1971) -
Ernest Thompson Seton
Trail of the Sandhill Stag and Other Lives of the Hunted
Hardcover (Dent / Dutton March 15, 1966) -
Selma Lagerlof, Illustrated by Hans Baumhauer
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and The Further Adventures of Nils
Paperback (J ) -
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages
Hardcover (J M Dent & Sons Ltd June 1, 1968) -
Roger Lancelyn Green [Chosen and Edited], Philip Gough
Ten Tales of Adventure
Hardcover (Littlehampton Book Services Ltd Sept. 7, 1972)
