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Nash, Ogden
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
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Nash, Ogden (1902–71), New York author of light verse, which ranges from acidulous satire and irrepressible good humor to the mildly mad. Nash says that he is indebted to “
The Sweet Singer of Michigan,” having humorously employed the mannerisms of her bad verse: hyper dithyrambic meters, pseudo‐poetic inversions, gangling asymmetrical lines, extremely pat or elaborately inexact rhymes, parenthetical dissertations, and unexpected puns. His collections include
Free Wheeling (1931),
Hard Lines (1931),
Happy Days (1933),
The Primrose Path (1935),
The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse (1936),
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1938),
The Face Is Familiar (1940),
Many Long Years Ago (1945),
Versus (1949),
Family Reunion (1950),
Parents Keep Out (1951),
The Private Dining Room (1953),
You Can't Get There from Here (1957), and
Everyone But Thee and Me (1962). As a lyricist he collaborated with Kurt Weill and S.J. Perelman on the musical comedy
One Touch of Venus (1943).
Loving Letters (1990) gathered his correspondence with family.
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Literary Arts Series Continues With Issuance of Ogden Nash Postage Stamp.
PR Newswire; 7/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...S. Postal Service honors poet Ogden Nash on the centennial of his birth...who will dedicate the stamp. "Ogden Nash is a wonderful addition to this series...his unique style, many consider Ogden Nash to have been one of the most accomplished...
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Interview: Linell Nash Smith on her father, Ogden Nash's, poetry
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Linell Nash Smith on her father, Ogden Nash's, poetry Host: RENEE MONTAGNE...I'm Renee Montagne. The poet Ogden Nash would have been 100 today. He was...daughter. Ms. LINELL NASH SMITH (Ogden Nash's Daughter): My dad, I think...
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Profile: Poems about insects by Ogden Nash
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 8/18/2002; ; 377 words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Poems about insects by Ogden Nash Host: CHERYL CORLEY Time: 8:00-9:00 PM CHERYL...bug or a firefly. Its odd physiology inspired poet Ogden Nash. Mr. OGDEN NASH (Late Poet): (From recording) The Firefly...
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Profile: Commemorating poet Ogden Nash
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/23/2002; ; 358 words
; ...0000 Profile: Commemorating poet Ogden Nash Host: RENEE MONTAGNE Time: 11...Noon RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Poet Ogden Nash would have been 100 years old this...has put him on a stamp. Several of Ogden Nash's short, snappy and very funny...
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The comic versifier Ogden Nash ...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; The comic versifier Ogden Nash is remembered for a few short rhymes...performing flea of English literature. Ogden Nash, too, achieves something nimble...You? Like all excellent comedy, Ogden Nash's verses, however charming, have...
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The soul of wit.(Ogden Nash: The Life & Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Douglas M. Parker Ogden Nash: The Life & Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse. Ivan R. Dee, 336 pages, $27.50 For me, at any rate, the name "Ogden Nash" brings a smile to the lips and an itch to quote. Some poems stick...
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A husband who could make a living from light verse; Ogden Nash had fun with marriage and other states of confusion, but he wrote to his wife like a lovesick swain.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 4/26/2005; 700+ words
; ...Roderick Nordell Pulitzer Prize poet Marianne Moore wrote to Ogden Nash about a book by him: "I thought I'd put a little...as the delights of the poet - in Douglas Parker's "Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light...
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Frances L. Nash Dies at 88; Widow of Poet Ogden Nash
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/18/1994; 428 words
; Frances Leonard Nash, 88, the widow of poet Ogden Nash and a granddaughter of former Maryland Gov. Elihu Jackson...Smith, of Sparks, Md., edited "Loving Letters From Ogden Nash, A Family Album."
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Frances L. Nash, 88; Ogden Nash's Widow
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/18/1994; 389 words
; BALTIMORE Frances Leonard Nash, the widow of poet Ogden Nash, died at her home Wednesday of myelodysplasia, a spinal abnormality. She was 88. Mrs. Nash, the granddaughter of Maryland Gov. Elihu Jackson, met...
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Ivan R. Dee.(A Higher Form Of Cannibalism?)(Ogden Nash: The Life and Work of America's Laureate of Light Verse)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Bookwatch; 7/1/2005; 622 words
; ...IL 60622 1-800-462-6420 www.ivanrdee.com Ogden Nash is known for his quick, light poems and verse which...for his poems and background in Douglas M. Parker's Ogden Nash: The Life And Work Of America's Laureate Of Light...
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Nash, Ogden
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ogden Nash Born: August 19, 1902Rye, New YorkDied...1971Baltimore, Maryland American poet and writer Ogden Nash was one of the most commercially successful...century. Early years and education Frederick Ogden Nash was born in Rye, New York, to Edmund...
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Ogden Nash
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ogden Nash Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was arguably one of the most commercially successful English-language poets of the twentieth century. Nash's verse skewered the pretensions of the modern middle class existence and gave voice to the inner...
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Artemus Ward
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...humorists in Native American Humor, 1800-1900 (1937) and Horse Sense in American Humor, from Benjamin Franklin to Ogden Nash (1942). Additional Sources Pullen, John J., Comic relief: the life and laughter of Artemus Ward, 1834-1867...
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Updike, John
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...first volume, a collection of poems titled The Carpentered Hen. It is a book of light, amusing verse in the style of Ogden Nash (1902–1971) and Robert Service (1874–1958). The poetry possesses several styles shared by...
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Kurt Weill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Holiday (1938; written with Maxwell Anderson ), Lady in the Dark (1941), and One Touch of Venus (1943; written with Ogden Nash ). In these works Weill employed with great facility advanced techniques, including multiple rhythms and polytonality...
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