He had his first article published in The New York Times when he was 20 years old. In 1895, at the age of 22, Carryl graduated from Columbia University. During his college years he had written plays for amateur performances, including the very first Varsity Show. One of his professors was Harry Thurston Peck, who was scandalized by Carryl's famous statement, "It takes two bodies to make one seduction", which was somewhat risqué for those times.
After graduation, in 1896 he became a staff writer for Munsey's Magazine under Frank Munsey and he was later promoted to managing editor of the magazine. Later he went to work for Harper's Magazine and was sent to Paris. While in Paris he wrote for Life, Outing, Munsey's, and Collier's, as well as his own independent writings.
Some of Carryl's better-known works were his humorous poems that were parodies of Aesop's Fables, such as "The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven" and of Mother Goosenursery rhymes, such as "The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet", poems which are still popular today. He also wrote a number of humorous parodies of Grimm's Fairy Tales, such as "How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten" and "How Fair Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe". His humorous poems usually ended with a pun on the words used in the moral of the story.
Guy Carryl died in 1904 at age 31 at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. His death was thought to be a result of illness contracted from exposure while fighting a fire at his house a month earlier.
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Illustration by Peter Newell from the collection Fables for the Frivolous, facing page 82 in the first edition. It illustrates Carryl's poem "The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven".
The Buccaneer, Operetta in Two Acts (1895) – libretto by Carryl, music by Kenneth M. Murchison, Jr., OCLC 20563281
wetmore, carryl, march, 1873, april, 1904, american, humorist, poet, contents, biography, works, sources, external, linksbiography, editcarryl, born, york, city, first, born, writer, charles, edward, carryl, mary, wetmore, first, article, published, york, time. Guy Wetmore Carryl 4 March 1873 1 April 1904 was an American humorist and poet Guy Wetmore Carryl Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Sources 4 External linksBiography editCarryl was born in New York City the first born of writer Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R Wetmore He had his first article published in The New York Times when he was 20 years old In 1895 at the age of 22 Carryl graduated from Columbia University During his college years he had written plays for amateur performances including the very first Varsity Show One of his professors was Harry Thurston Peck who was scandalized by Carryl s famous statement It takes two bodies to make one seduction which was somewhat risque for those times After graduation in 1896 he became a staff writer for Munsey s Magazine under Frank Munsey and he was later promoted to managing editor of the magazine Later he went to work for Harper s Magazine and was sent to Paris While in Paris he wrote for Life Outing Munsey s and Collier s as well as his own independent writings Some of Carryl s better known works were his humorous poems that were parodies of Aesop s Fables such as The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven and of Mother Goose nursery rhymes such as The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet poems which are still popular today He also wrote a number of humorous parodies of Grimm s Fairy Tales such as How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten and How Fair Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe His humorous poems usually ended with a pun on the words used in the moral of the story You are only absurd when you get in the curd But you re rude when you get in the whey from The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet Guy Carryl died in 1904 at age 31 at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City His death was thought to be a result of illness contracted from exposure while fighting a fire at his house a month earlier Works edit nbsp Illustration by Peter Newell from the collection Fables for the Frivolous facing page 82 in the first edition It illustrates Carryl s poem The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven The Buccaneer Operetta in Two Acts 1895 libretto by Carryl music by Kenneth M Murchison Jr OCLC 20563281 Fables for the Frivolous with Apologies to La Fontaine 1898 illustrated by Peter Newell based on fables by Jean de La Fontaine Mother Goose for Grown Ups 1900 illus Newell and Gustave Verbeek Grimm Tales Made Gay 1902 illus Albert Levering The Lieutenant Governor 1903 Zut and Other Parisians 1903 The Transgression of Andrew Vane 1904 Far from the Maddening Girls 1904 posthumous The Garden of Years 1904 posthumousSources editColumbia University biographyExternal links edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Guy Wetmore Carryl nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guy Wetmore Carryl Works by Guy Wetmore Carryl at Project Gutenberg Works by Guy Wetmore Carryl at Faded Page Canada Works by or about Guy Wetmore Carryl at Internet Archive Works by Guy Wetmore Carryl at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Fun with Guy Wetmore Carryl A collection of Carryl s humorous poems The Wondering Minstrels Collection of poetry from Rice University Guy Wetmore Carryl poetry from Poetry Archive Marvelous Coney Island a 1901 article by Carryl in Munsey s Grimm Tales Made Gay A picture of the cast of a play at Columbia University written by Carryl PDF Guy Wetmore Carryl at Library of Congress with 12 library catalog records Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guy Wetmore Carryl amp oldid 1176651033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
