Complete Poems

Author(s): Dorothy Parker

Poetry

Best remembered as a member of the Algonquin Round Table, the fabled Jazz Age literay coterie, Dorothy Parker built a reputations as one of the era's most beloved poets. Parker's satirical wit and sharp-edged humour earned her a reputation as the wittiest woman in America. This Penguin Classics edition of her poetry - the companion to "Parker's Complete Stories" and introduced by her noted biographer, Marion Meade - is the only complete collection available, showcasing the dry quips and piercingly introspective verse of a writer whose legend continues to fascinate.


Product Information

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was a celebrated poet, short story writer, critic, and an Oscar-nominated screenwriter. Much of her work was published in magazines including Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Marion Meade is the author of Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? and editor of The Portable Dorothy Parker. She lives in New York.

General Fields

  • : 9780143106081
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : 0.296
  • : March 2010
  • : 197mm X 134mm X 19mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Dorothy Parker
  • : Paperback
  • : 1008
  • : English
  • : 811.52
  • : 464
  • : DCF
  • : frontispiece