The Lure of the Limerick: An Uninhibited History

From Back Cover: The limerick's an art-form complex Whose contents run chiefly to sex. It's famous for virgins And masculine urgin's And vulgar erotic effects. The core of this bestselling, superbly entertaining book is a collection of nearly five hundred examples of the limerick form, arranged for easy reference in alphabetical order of subject. There is also a critical examination of the form and structure of the verse which traces the origins from ancient Greek times through Shakespeare to Edward Lear (the founding father) and on to more recent writers — proper homage is, of course, paid to that great anthologiser and annotator Norman Douglas. 'Comprehensive.. .highly comical' SUNDAY TIMES 'Broad in every sense of the word' ENCOUNTER 'A fine job of research that left no barrack-room un-bugged, no lavatory wall un-scanned' DAILY MIRROR (less)