The mammoth book of cats : a collection of stories, verse, and prose / edited by Mark Bryant.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bryant, Mark, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cats--Literary collections.

Cats.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 600 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Carroll and Graf edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Carroll & Graf, 1999.

Summary:

From the finely honed lyrics of John Keats to the madcap waggery of Edward Lear, from medieval London to twentieth-century New York, the muse has, as it were, always followed the mews. Whether celebrated in odes, fables, stories, limericks, songs, nursery rhymes or just plain caterwauls, cats have been part of our lives since ancient times. The Mammoth Book of Cats brings together the very best that has been written about them in poetry and prose for more than a millennium.

Contents:

1 The Fireside Sphinx 1

2 Catlings and Kittens 41

3 Tiger! Tiger! 85

4 Clever Cats 163

5 Lady Grimalkin 239

6 Cats and Dogs 329

7 Demonic Cats 375

8 A Clowder of Cats 415

9 Requiescat 545.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786706511

OCLC:

42645850