Guy Wetmore Carryl

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Guy Wetmore Carryl (March 4, 1873April 1, 1904) was an American humorist and poet. He was born in New York City, the first-born of author Charles Edward Carryl and Mary R. Wetmore.

When he was only 20 years old he had his first article published in "The New York Times". He graduated from Columbia University in 1895 when he was 22 years of age. During his college years he had written plays for amateur performances. One of his professors was Harry Thurston Peck, who was scandalized by Carryl’s famous quote “It takes two bodies to make one seduction,” which was a somewhat risqué statement 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 more well-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.

Bibliography

* "Fables for the Frivolous (with Apologies to La Fontaine)" (1898) "(see Jean de La Fontaine)"
* "Mother Goose for Grown-Ups" (1900)
*"Grimm Tales Made Gay" (1902)
*"The Lieutenant Governor" (1902)
*"Zut and Other Parisians" (1903)
*"The Transgression of Andrew Vane" (1904)
*"Far From the Maddening Girls" (1904) (posthumous)
*"The Garden of Years" (1904) (posthumous)

Source

* [http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/your_columbians/guy_carryl.html Columbia University biography]

External links

* [http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Curriculum/Literary/FunwithGuyWetmoreCarryl.html Fun with Guy Wetmore Carryl – A collection of Carryl’s humorous poems]
* [http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_C.html#Carryl The Wondering Minstrels – Collection of poetry from Rice University]
* [http://www.poetry-archive.com/c/carryl_guy_wetmore.html Guy Wetmore Carryl poetry from Poetry Archive]
* [http://history.amusement-parks.com/carryl.htm “Marvelous Coney Island”, a 1901 article by Carryl in "Munsey’s"]
* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/guywetmorecarryl/ Grimm Tales Made Gay]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol27/vol27_iss15/Pg2-2715.pdf A picture of the cast of a play at Columbia University, written by Carryl] (PDF)
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