= Guy_Wetmore_Carryl =

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= Guy_Wetmore_Carryl =
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Introduction
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Guy Wetmore Carryl (4 March 1873 - 1 April 1904) was an American
humorist and poet.

Biography
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Carryl 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 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 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
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* 'The Buccaneer, Operetta in Two Acts' (1895) - libretto by Carryl,
music by Kenneth M. Murchison, Jr.,
* '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) - posthumous

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

External links
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*[http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/Curriculum/Literary/FunwithGuyWetmoreCarryl.html
Fun with Guy Wetmore Carryl - A collection of Carryl’s humorous poems]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051130012402/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]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051119105937/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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