Comic verse and parody

3 books

Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics Second SeriesJames Williams · 1897This 1897 collection of humorous verse by James Williams offers light poems and satirical ballads on legal themes, featuring comic tales of barristers, mock court cases, and translations of legal and classical poetry.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Phantasmagoria and Other PoemsLewis Carroll · 1869A collection of humorous and comic verse by Lewis Carroll, first published in 1869, featuring the title poem, a seven-canto narrative in which a polite ghost explains the rules of haunting to a man, along with assorted shorter poems and riddles.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Book of Ballads Eleventh Edition, 1870Theodore Martin · 1845A humor collection first published in 1845 and edited under the pseudonym Bon Gaultier, this illustrated book of parodic ballads gathers comic verses on mock-heroic themes, including tales of knights and crusades, with drawings by Doyle, Leech, and others.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية