Lettered creatures : light verse

The Resource Lettered creatures : light verse
Label
Lettered creatures : light verse
Title remainder
light verse
Statement of responsibility
by Brad Leithauser ; drawings by Mark Leithauser
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "On the left of each spread is an eight-line poem; opposite it is a delicate, complementary pencil drawing, reproduced here in exacting duotone"--Publisher's website, viewed on October 10, 2014
  • This book is a duet by two great contemporary artists: Brad and Mark Leithauser are brothers; Brad is a bard and Mark has made his mark as a painter and draftsman. They share the same exquisite family wit, one born in precise observation matched with intellectual playfulness. This wit is on display on every page of this alphabet bestiary, each spread of which is devoted to an emblematic creature--an appetitive Anteater, an annoying Fly, an addled Joey, a prickly Porcupine, and twenty-two more. On the left of each spread is an eight-line poem; opposite it is a complementary drawing. The poems will remind readers sometimes of Marianne Moore, sometimes of Ogden Nash; the detail of the drawings will remind them of John James Audubon and their pointed humor of Tenniel's Alice in Wonderland.--From publisher description
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
811/.54
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3562.E4623
LC item number
L48 2004
Literary form
non fiction
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