The editors gather a century of verse parody beginning with the Smith brothers’ Rejected Addresses of 1812, printed complete. Arranged by parodist, the collection runs through the Anti-Jacobin wits Canning and Frere, James Hogg, Coleridge, Southey, Lamb and on into the Victorian age, mocking the manners of Wordsworth, Byron, Tennyson and many others.
A rich anthology for lovers of English poetry who enjoy seeing its giants gently mocked. Download the free EPUB.