The Sophisticated Cat: 2A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats

By Joyce Carol Oates

Book Overview

A superb collection of classic stories and poems about cats, composed by no fewer than 99 of history's finest writers. Contributors include Chekhov, Zola, Wodehouse, Saki, Collette, Poe, Twain,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525935223
• ISBN13: 9780525935223
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Dutton Adult
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 20.0" x 20.0" x 20.0"

Customer Reviews

HERE KITTY-KITTY-KITTY- AND OTHER POEMS AND STORIES ABOUT CATS !

Joyce Carol Oates and Daniel Halpern chose these writings about cats to demonstrate that often writers have been drawn to cats because the soul of the modern domestated cat is still "wild" and "free". Yet, they point out, cats are not the "independent, solitary" beings that many people suggest. A cat's personality is much more developed than that. Most writers have had their own favorite cats and in this anthology are a collection of rich and diverse selections of cat stories and poems from the pens of authors such as Checkov, TS Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, The Brothers Grimm, Edgar Allen Poe, and so many others. In this book, the CAT is immortalized by literature. The book is rich, eclectic and utterly irresistible and a MUST for any cat fancier. By all means, it is a PURR-FECT book to add to your collection. Have I been helpful to you?

A bag of cats

It is always a delight to find new cat-lovers. This collection puts cat-lovers like me in the company of Herodutus, Colette, P. G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway--among others!!! But like all bags of cats, this one is mixed--some unforgettable and some less illustrious. Something for everyone, though, I suspect. Most enjoyable.