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Inventing Edward Lear
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Author : Sara Lodge
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-04
Inventing Edward Lear written by Sara Lodge and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Edward Lear—the father of nonsense—wrote some of the best-loved poems in English. He was also admired as a naturalist, landscape painter, travel writer, and composer. Awkward but funny, absurdly sympathetic, Lear invented himself as a Victorian character. Sara Lodge offers a moving account of one of the era’s most influential creative figures.
Inventing Edward Lear
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Author : Sara J. Lodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Inventing Edward Lear written by Sara J. Lodge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with ART categories.
An original and lively account of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian age. Edward Lear wrote some of the best-loved poems in English, including "The Owl and the Pussycat," but the father of nonsense was far more than a poet. He was a naturalist, a brilliant landscape painter, an experimental travel writer, and an accomplished composer. Sara Lodge presents the fullest account yet of Lear's passionate engagement in the intellectual, social, and cultural life of his times. Lear had a difficult start in life. He was epileptic, asthmatic, and depressive, but even as a child a consummate performer who projected himself into others' affections. He became, by John James Audubon's estimate, one of the greatest ornithological artists of the age. Queen Victoria--an admirer--chose him to be her painting teacher. He popularized the limerick, set Tennyson's verse to music, and opened fresh doors for children and adults to share fantasies of magical escape. Lodge draws on diaries, letters, and new archival sources to paint a vivid picture of Lear that explores his musical influences, his religious nonconformity, his relationship with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and the connections between his scientific and artistic work. He invented himself as a character: awkward but funny, absurdly sympathetic. In Lodge's hands, Lear emerges as a dynamic and irreverent polymath whose conversation continues to draw us in. Inventing Edward Lear is an original and moving account of one of the most intriguing and creative of all Victorians.--Provided by publsher.
Inventing Wonderland
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Author : Jackie Wullschläger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Inventing Wonderland written by Jackie Wullschläger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A thoughtful look into the lives of our greatest children's authors.
The Book Of Nonsense
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Author : Edward Lear
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
The Book Of Nonsense written by Edward Lear and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) was an English writer of nonsense, the most famous piece of which is The Owl and the Pussycat. He is also credited with popularizing the limerick, though there was some speculation as to whether his patron, the Earl of Derby, simply used Lear as a pseudonym for his own writings. Lear was also a successful illustrator and even spent some time tutoring Queen Victoria in drawing before his improper behaviour had him thrown out of court.
Mr Lear
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Author : Jenny Uglow
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2017-10-03
Mr Lear written by Jenny Uglow and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Architecture categories.
Edward Lear's poems follow and break the rules. They abide by the logic of syntax, the linking of rhyme and the dance of rhythm, and these 'nonsenses' are full of joy - yet set against darkness. Where do these human-like animals and birds and these odd adventures - some gentle, some violent, some musical, some wild - come from? His many drawings that accompany his verse are almost hyper-real, as if he wants to free the creatures from the page. They exist nowhere else in literature, springing only from Lear's imagination. Lear lived all his life on the borders of rules and structures, of disciplines and desires. He vowed to ignore politics yet trembled with passionate sympathies. He depended on patrons and moved in establishment circles, yet he never belonged among them and mocked imperial attitudes. He loved men yet dreamed of marriage - but remained, it seems, celibate, wrapped in himself. Even in his family he was marginal, at once accepted and rejected. Surrounded by friends, he was alone. If we follow him across land and sea - to Italy, Greece and Albania, to The Levant and Egypt and India - and to the borderlands of spirit and self, art and desire, can we see, in the end, if the nonsense makes sense? This is what Jenny Uglow has set sail to find out.
Edward Lear
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Author : Peter Levi
language : en
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Release Date : 1995
Edward Lear written by Peter Levi and has been published by Scribner Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Artists categories.
Edward Lear was an English eccentric and an admirable poet whose nonsense verse has endeared him to generations of Americans. He was also a brilliant watercolorist and an intrepid traveler. To this lively study of the life and work of one of the most eminent Victorians, the distinguished biographer Peter Levi brings poetic sensitivity and wide-ranging erudition.
Later Letters Of Edward Lear To Chichester Fortescue Lord Carlingford Lady Waldegrave And Others
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Author : Edward Lear
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
Later Letters Of Edward Lear To Chichester Fortescue Lord Carlingford Lady Waldegrave And Others written by Edward Lear and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Art categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Edward Lear
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Author : Peter Levi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-03
Edward Lear written by Peter Levi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Children swarmed to him like settlers. He became a land." - W.H. Auden Edward Lear - beloved nonsense poet, author of such adored poems as The Owl and the Pussycat, inventor of otherworldly characters like Quangle-Wangles and of the modern limerick; lauded artist and illustrator - was a genius who defies classification. Gregarious and popular, Lear had a wide circle of friends, but was often lonely and subject to frequent bouts of depression and debilitating epilepsy, the shame of which he struggled with all his life. In this captivating biography, fellow poet Peter Levi renders descriptions of Lear's sketches and watercolours (of which he painted some 10,000 in the course of his career) and provides incisive portraits of his classic poems, such as The Jumblies, The Owl and the Pussycat and The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo, setting them in the wider context of traditional nursery rhymes. Lear belonged to the great tradition of adventurous British travellers, undertaking extensive journeys in Italy and Greece, in Albania, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine and India and these always-eventful journeys are related here, alongside extracts and quotations from his letters and diaries. This is an essential biography for all lovers of this remarkable British literary figure and now recognised as one of the greatest 19th century landscape painters.
Edward Lear
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Author : Ina Rae Hark
language : en
Publisher: Boston : Twayne Publishers
Release Date : 1982
Edward Lear written by Ina Rae Hark and has been published by Boston : Twayne Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Edward Lear
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Author : Angus Davidson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Edward Lear written by Angus Davidson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Art categories.