Limerature 101

<p>The Western literary tradition begins with ancient Greek and Roman epics winds its way through Milton Shakespeare and Dickens and to where we find it today a rich and beautiful catalog of the human experience. But to read all of that is just so much well <u>reading</u> and who has the time or the energy? Lance Hansen does and he's successfully combined an encyclopedic knowledge of literature with pithy criticism the skills of a poet and the artistic eye of a cartoonist to create <strong><em>Limerature 101: Literary Classics in Five Lines or Less (With Pictures). </em></strong>Presenting more than 60 of the great works of literature summarized and satirized as jaunty hilarious limericks and with accompanying illustrations of their legendary creators.</p><p>Presented as the text of a full-year university-level literature course <strong><em>Limerature 101 </em></strong>takes readers on an informative but savagely humorous journey through the history of literature. The well-read and literarily curious will devour Hansen's takes on Ancient and Influential Voices (<em>The Epic of Gilgamesh Pride and Prejudice</em>) Titans of Global Literature (<em>The Picture of Dorian Gray The Unbearable Lightness of Being</em>) American Revolutionaries (<em>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Catch-22</em>) and Modernists and Populists (<em>The Crying of Lot 49 Gone Girl</em>). And each limerick is accompanied with an original hand-drawn portrait by the author.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>ADVANCED PRAISE</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>A clever and funny read. Lance Hansen is a treasure! </strong>--Noah Van Scriver</p><p><br></p><p><strong>This book is smart clever and funny - all the things I am not. I hate Lance Hansen!</strong> --John Ficarra</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Charming and hilarious.</strong> --Barry Blitt</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Lance Hansen has created a wonderfully entertaining book of limericks. His insightfully clever poems accompanied by elegant line portraits makes this truly a feast for lovers of literature and drawing.</strong> --Joe Ciardiello</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Love great literature but hate all those goddamn words? With Limerature 101 Lance Hansen has your back.</strong> --Michael Gerber Editor <em>The American Bystander</em></p>