Enough Rope - Poems - Unabridged
1st Edition
Published on 6. July 2022
104 pages
978-1-949661-96-5 (ISBN)
Description
The debut offering from one of the 20th century's most celebrated and renowned humorists, "e,Enough Rope"e, was an instant best-seller when it was released in 1926 and made Dorothy Parker a household name. The poems in this collection range from the satiric to the sentimental, wickedly clever and yet elegantly and expertly constructed. Parker's mastery of the turn of phrase or the cynical or sardonic final line instantly grabbed the reading public's attention and propelled Parker into the national spotlight, which she would not relinquish for the rest of her life. Dorothy Parker - social commentator, political reformer and legendary wit - has enjoyed a special place in American culture for almost a century and "e,Enough Rope"e, is an early example of Parker's unique and wry commentary on modern life. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.
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Content
- Intro
- PART ONE
- Threnody
- The Small Hours
- The False Friends
- The Trifler
- A Very Short Song
- A Well-Worn Story
- Convalescent
- The Dark Girl's Rhyme
- Epitaph
- Light of Love
- Wail
- The Satin Dress
- Somebody's Song
- Anecdote
- Braggart
- Epitaph for a Darling Lady
- To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady
- Paths
- Hearthside
- The New Love
- Rainy Night
- For a Sad Lady
- Recurrence
- Story of Mrs. W-
- The Dramatists
- August
- The White Lady
- I Know I Have Been Happiest
- Testament
- "I Shall Come Back"
- Condolence
- The Immortals
- A Portrait
- PART TWO
- Portrait of the Artist
- Chant for Dark Hours
- Unfortunate Coincidence
- Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion
- Inventory
- Now at Liberty
- Comment
- Plea
- Pattern
- De Profundis
- They Part
- Ballade of a Great Weariness
- Résumé
- Renunciation
- Day-Dreams
- The Veteran
- Prophetic Soul
- Verse for a Certain Dog
- Folk Tune
- Godspeed
- Song of Perfect Propriety
- Social Note
- One Perfect Rose
- Ballade at Thirty-Five
- The Thin Edge
- Spring Song
- Love Song
- Indian Summer
- Philosophy
- For an Unknown Lady
- The Leal
- Finis
- Words of Comfort to Be Scratched on a Mirror
- Men
- News Item
- Song of One of the Girls
- Lullaby
- Faut de Mieux
- Roundel
- A Certain Lady
- Observation
- Symptom Recital
- Fighting Words
- Rondeau Redoublé
- Autobiography
- The Choice
- Ballade of Big Plans
- General Review of the Sex Situation
- Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom
- Pictures in the Smoke
- Biographies
- Nocturne
- Interview
- Song in a Minor Key
- Experience
- Neither Bloody Nor Bowed
- The Burned Child
- BIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHY PARKER
