Rhymes for the Irreverent
by Yip Harburg
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Consider this book to be like Ogden Nash with a social conscience. In "The Wizard of Oz," Harburg wrote the lyrics to some of the most familiar of American songs, as well as highlighting the lowlights of the Great Depression in "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime." Here, he creates short, pointed jabs at common attitudes and class structures:
"No matter how high or great the thrown,
what sits on it is the same as your own."
Irreverent, puckish, and above all wickedly observant, "Rhymes For the Irrevent" repeatedly and humorously pricks the balloon of pomposity.
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poetry, social commentary, humorous versePeople
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Rhymes for the Irreverent
January 15, 2006, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Hardcover
in English
1877733156 9781877733154
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"E.Y. (Yip) Harburg (1896-1981) was born of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents on Manhattan's Lower East Side and attended the City University of New York."
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| July 15, 2010 | Edited by 96.253.135.57 | Short introductory note by Loren MacGregor to "Rhymes For the Irreverent" by E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. |
| April 28, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Linked existing covers to the work. |
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