Jeoffry (eBook)

The Poet's Cat

Oliver Soden (Autor)

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2020 | 2. Auflage
208 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
9780750995931 (ISBN)

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'An inspired an original tale ... Jeoffry is the greatest cat in the English language' - Hilary Mantel
'Simply unforgettable ... one of the most beautiful and haunting books of recent times' - Alexander McCall Smith
'A heart-lifting delight; I absolutely loved it. A triumph' - Alexandra Harris
Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written.
Prize-winning biographer Oliver Soden combines meticulous research with passages of dazzling invention to recount the life of the cat praised as 'a mixture of gravity and waggery'. The narrative roams from the theatres and bordellos of Covent Garden to the cell where Smart was imprisoned for mania. At once whimsical and profound, witty and deeply moving, Soden's biography plays with the genre like a cat with a toy. It tells the story of a poet and a poem, while setting Jeoffry's life and adventures against the roaring backdrop of eighteenth-century London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.10.2020
• Zusatzinfo: colour plate section
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 18th century cat • 18th century london • autumn books|geoffrey the cat • books for cat lovers • cat biography • cat geoffrey • cat jeoffrey • cat poems • cats & big cats • Christopher Smart • David Garrick • Dr Johnson • dr johnson’s london|flush a biography • famous cat • feline philosophy • flush a biography, famous cat, jubilate agno, rejoice in the lamb, cat poems, books for cat lovers, for I will consider my cat jeoffry, geoffry the cat, jeffrey the cat • for I will consider my cat jeoffry • geoffrey the poets cat • geoffry the poets cat • georgian & regency britain history • Georgian London • goeffry poets cat • Hallie Rubenhold • handel in london • henry hitchings • James Boswell • Jane Glover • jeffrey the poets cat • joeffrey poets cat • joffry poets cat • John Gray • Jubilate Agno • kit smart • leo damrosch • Literary Biography • literary biography, cat biography, samuel johnson, dr johnson, james boswell, henry hitchings, the club, leo damrosch, handel in london, jane glover, david garrick, the covent garden ladies, hallie rubenhold, georgian & regency britain history, georgian london, dr johnson’s london • literary cat • rejoice in the lamb • Samuel Johnson • semi-fictional biography • The Club • the covent garden ladies
• ISBN-13: 9780750995931 / 9780750995931