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Cargando... Famous Poems from Bygone Days (1995)por Martin Gardner
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Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor" to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody’s Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Interesting questions both. This is, of course, not the first volume of annotations by Gardner; The Annotated Alice was and is a much-beloved example of Gardner's skills as a commentator. But that book was also a better fit for Gardner, the much-loved creator of Scientific American's Mathematical Recreations column. To annotate Lewis Carroll requires a knowledge of Charles Dodgson's mathematical gifts as well as of his approach to nonsense.
No such special skills are required here; this is simply an anthology of once-well-known poems. So there is no need for the "Gardner touch." And, indeed, it is probably a weaker book than the Annotated Alice or the Annotated Hunting of the Snark. In the commentary, Gardner often admits to being, in effect, stumped. Probably almost all the information here could be found with a quick Google search.
On the other hand, it's a solid collection of poems, with a useful organization and helpful notes. A brilliant book? No. But a helpful and enjoyable one. ( )