The Call of the Clerihew

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Sometimes described as the literate cousin of the Limerick, the Clerihew has attracted and inspired writers from GK Chesterton and Gavin Ewart to Craig Brown. WH Auden once wrote an entire book of Clerihews. Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), the Clerihew is a childish anti-panegyric, flat-footed, Hudibrastic, eponymous quatrains designed to lower the tone and cut everyone down to size. The Call of the Clerihew brings together...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1999674219

ISBN13:9781999674212

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Smokestack Books

Length:88 Pages

Weight:0.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"

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Poetry

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