American Wits, An Anthology of Light Verse

American Wits, An Anthology of Light Verse, Editor John Hollander. Published by The Library of America, NY, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: V-Fine in Chipped DJ. Sm tear in bottom of front DJ at outer corner, balance of book in like new condition. ISBN 1931082499. LCCN 2003046636. Verse from journalists, playwrights, screenwriters - and also some of the greatest poets of the century, including Frost, Eliot, Millay, and Cummings. Don Marquis' free-verse tales of Archy and Mehitable; Newman Levy's comic twists on grand opera; Samuel Hoffenstein's disenchanted paring of romantic sentiment; Dorothy Parker's bitter epigrams; Ogden Nash's brilliantly funny exercises in irregular meter; these are among the highlights from a century's worth of poetic humor. American Poets Project, The Library of America. 194 Pgs. Description text copyright 2005 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 9186.