Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by:
T.S. Eliot (author)
Edward Gorey (illustrator)
Eliot’s famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.
Eliot’s famous collection of nonsense verse about cats-the inspiration for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. This edition features pen-and-ink drolleries by Edward Gorey throughout.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780151686568 (0151686564)
ASIN: 151686564
Publish date: 1982-08-30
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Pages no: 56
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Classics,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Art,
Poetry,
Animals,
Cats
Recently, I learned that the musical "CATS" -- which drew its inspiration from this book of poetry -- is staging a revival where I live for a short time. And so, to better inform myself about it before seeing the musical, I decided to read "OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS." And what a delightful...
I want to like more poetry, and I enjoyed some of the Eliot that I had to read in school, but these were...not to my taste? I never saw the musical and I only picked this up because I like Edward Gorey, but even he couldn't help me appreciate these.
A book of poems about cats. What more can I say? CATS.
It's a soft four, and I feel I'm being generous. Possible that expectations were raised unreasonably by its fame.Its main strength, perhaps, is in the concept. Treating cats as people, with their varying personalities and exploits. The variety of characters is entertaining. As individual poems, how...
I'm guessing Cats the musical was based on these poems (never seen the show). I don't love cats, and the poems weren't that great. I also wasn't a fan of the racial slur used in the book.
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