The sophisticated cat : a gathering of stories, poems, and miscellaneous writings about cats

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The sophisticated cat : a gathering of stories, poems, and miscellaneous writings about cats

chosen by Joyce Carol Oates and Daniel Halpern

Pan Books in association with Macmillan, 1994

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Originally published: New York: Dutton, 1992

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A collection of classic stories and poems about cats, composed by a grand total of 99 of history's finest writers. Included are stories by masters of the form - Balzac, Chekov, Wodehouse, Zola, Saki, Colette, Poe, Twain, Runyon and Hemingway - as well as the best in contemporary writing represented by the likes of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Adams, Angela Carter and Ursula Le Guin, to name just a few. Then there are the poets, from Keats and Emily Dickinson to Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens and, of course, Old Possum himself, T.S. Eliot, creator of such immortal felines as the Rum-Tum-Tugger and the inimitably elusive Mystery Cat, Macavity. Finally, a group of pieces called "The Truth About Cats" collects the writings of Herodotus through to William Faulkner.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA24148735
  • ISBN
    • 033033039X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 396 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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