by Belloc · Cluster: Comic Verse · Childhood · Satire
Abstract
Belloc’s celebrated 1896 book of cautionary comic verse for children, presenting a bestiary of animals (Yak, Lion, Tiger, Whale, Elephant and more) in short mock-moral rhymes. The tone is nonsensical and gently subversive, parodying the improving children’s book while delighting in absurdity.
Capitoli / Chapters
- DEDICATION
- INTRODUCTION
- The Yak
- The Polar Bear
- The Lion
- The Tiger
- The Dromedary
- The Whale
- The Camel
- The Hippopotamus
- The Marmozet
- The Camelopard
- The Learned Fish
- The Elephant
- The Big Baboon
- The Rhinoceros
- The Frog
Connections
Forms & Genres: Comic Verse Song, Poem Themes & Concepts: Nonsense, Childhood And Growth, Wit Motifs: Animals, Lion Settings: Oxford Archetypes: Child Topoi: World Upside Down