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Publication Date: 2002
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"I Told You I Was Ill" (Spike's Preferred Epitaph): In Honour and in Memory of (Terence Alan) Spike Milligan, 1918-2002.
De Rijke, Victoria
Children's Literature in Education, v33 n4 p227-45 Dec 2002
Presents a personal tribute in memory of the work of eccentric writer and performer Spike Milligan. Celebrates and examines Spike's absurdist poetry and sketches for children in the context of both British nonsense traditions and the poetry of American writer Ogden Nash and Dr. Seuss. (SG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Comedy, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Satire, Writing (Composition)
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Language: English
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