Jeoffry - The Poet's Cat (Paperback, 2nd edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2022
First published:	2020
Authors:	Oliver Soden
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With flaps
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-9931-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Domestic animals & pets > Cats Books > Biography > Literary
LSN:	0-7509-9931-4
Barcode:	9780750999311

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