Stephen Fry's THE ODE LESS TRAVELLED provides us with a witty and entertaining guide to the mysteries of writing poetry.
Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter and director. He rose to fame alongside Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (which he co-wrote with Laurie) and Jeeves and Wooster, and was unforgettable as General Melchett in Blackadder. He has hosted over 180 episodes of QI, and has narrated all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the audiobook recordings. He is the bestselling author of four novels - The Stars' Tennis Balls, Making History, The Hippopotamus and The Liar - as well as three volumes of autobiography - Moab is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles and More Fool Me. Mythos and Heroes, his retelling of the Greek myths, are both Sunday Times bestsellers.
Fry's extraordinary book is an idiots' guide to the writing of
poetry, a primer, a tutorial with funny turns, an earnest
textbook... You can't but marvel at Fry's easy familiarity with the
rictameter and the rondeau redoublé and applaud the energy of his
evangelistic zeal
*Independent on Sunday*
With his usual wit and occasional obscenity, he takes us through an
array of metrical forms and poetic structures, talking to us like a
cajoling hearty teacher
*Sunday Telegraph*
Intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed
*Observer*
A smart, sane and entertaining return to basics
*Daily Telegraph*
Funny and instructive
*Spectator*
Fry's extraordinary book is an idiots' guide to the writing of
poetry, a primer, a tutorial with funny turns, an earnest
textbook... You can't but marvel at Fry's easy familiarity with the
rictameter and the rondeau redouble and applaud the energy of his
evangelistic zeal * Independent on Sunday *
With his usual wit and occasional obscenity, he takes us through an
array of metrical forms and poetic structures, talking to us like a
cajoling hearty teacher * Sunday Telegraph *
Intelligent and informative, a worthy enterprise well executed *
Observer *
A smart, sane and entertaining return to basics * Daily Telegraph
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Funny and instructive * Spectator *
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