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Wendy Cope

Autore di Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis

25+ opere 1,670 membri 30 recensioni 12 preferito

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Comprende i nomi: Wendy Cope, Wendy Cope Ed.

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Opere correlate

The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Collaboratore — 1,258 copie
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni915 copie
The Nation's Favourite Poems (1996) — Collaboratore — 623 copie
The Pleasure of Reading (1992) — Collaboratore — 188 copie
The Virago Book of Wicked Verse (1992) — Collaboratore — 82 copie
The Faber Book of Christmas (1996) — Collaboratore — 47 copie
The Best Contemporary Women's Humor (1994) — Collaboratore — 25 copie
The Poetry Cure (2005) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
Modern Women Poets (2005) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
George Herbert: Verse and Prose (2003) — A cura di — 5 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Cope, Wendy
Data di nascita
1945-07-21
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
UK
Nazione (per mappa)
England, UK
Luogo di nascita
Erith, Kent, England, UK
Luogo di residenza
Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Istruzione
University of Oxford (St Hilda's College)
Farrington School
Attività lavorative
poet
editor
humorist
television critic
Relazioni
Mackinnon, Lachlan (roomie)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Michael Braude Award for Light Verse (1995)
Cholmondeley Award (1987)
OBE (2010)
Agente
PFD, Drury House
Breve biografia
Wendy Cope was born in Kent, England. She attended the Farrington School and read history at Oxford University. She spent 15 years as a primary school teacher in London before becoming a freelance writer and poet. Her debut collection of poems, Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis (1986), was a wry look at contemporary relationships. Her subsequent collections, including Serious Concerns (1992) and If I Don't Know (2001), confirmed her reputation as a classic English humorist. She has also edited several poetry anthologies, including Heaven on Earth: 101 Happy Poems (2001). She has been a television critic for The Spectator magazine and a judge of the 2007 Man Booker Prize. She was made an OBE in 2010.

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I really like comic poetry, and was pleasantly surprised that this book didn't feel too dated. Wendy Cope reminds me of Dorothy Parker and Stevie Smith, although I'm sure there are other comparisons that would be more apt.

The Faber & Faber cover just kills me.
 
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raschneid | 5 altre recensioni | Dec 19, 2023 |
3.5. Didn't like it as much as her second book, Serious Concerns, but still a good time. The Waste Land limericks the titular poem on their own are worth the price of admission.
 
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raschneid | 11 altre recensioni | Dec 19, 2023 |
Mediocre as a collection, some are great, some are not, some are mental, a few really funny and satirical. Overall, it felt like a very hastily put together book and I blame the editors more than the author for not giving us a better compilation. Cope is a very thoughtful yet impulsive writer and I do love her style of writing but it really doesn't sit well with me when poetry becomes a string of words rather than making something remotely resembling nuance or sense.
 
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breathstealer | 11 altre recensioni | Sep 19, 2023 |
Who writes better light verse than Wendy Cope? Serious concerns, indeed.
 
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judeprufrock | 5 altre recensioni | Jul 4, 2023 |

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Statistiche

Opere
25
Opere correlate
14
Utenti
1,670
Popolarità
#15,389
Voto
3.9
Recensioni
30
ISBN
57
Lingue
2
Preferito da
12

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