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Lear, Edward
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Lear, Edward (1812–88), worked as a zoological draughtsman until he came under the patronage of the earl of Derby, for whose grandchildren he wrote
A Book of Nonsense (1845), with his own
limericks and illustrations. He travelled widely, and published accounts of Italy (1846), Albania and Illyria (1851), Calabria (1852), and Corsica (1870). His posthumous reputation as a water-colourist has risen steadily and as a writer he is remembered for his nonsense verses, with their linguistic fantasies and their occasional touches of underlying melancholy. Later volumes were
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871), which contains ‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat’ and ‘The Jumblies’;
More Nonsense, Pictures, Rhymes, Botany etc. (1871); and
Laughable Lyrics (1877), with the Dong, the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, and the Pobble who has no toes.
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Edward Lear Hotel is no nonsense.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/17/2004; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON TIMES Were he alive today, Edward Lear no doubt would be seated at his...good reason. A brochure for the Edward Lear Hotel (actually more an inn...Palladium. (The staff at the Edward Lear gladly helps you with everything...
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Reviews:Edward Lear: Melancholy paintings from a magpie mind make nonsense of reputation for rhyme
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 1/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; Edward Lear, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh...important new acquisition of some 30 works by Edward Lear. Lear worshipped Turner, calling him...poignant undertow. "Nonsense," said Edward Lear, in a particularly surreal pronouncement...
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Edward Lear: A Biography.
Magazine article from: Insight on the News; 7/17/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...rediscovered as a landscape painter, Edward Lear has emerged as one of the formidable...10 to 15 seizures a month. "Edward brooded over his epilepsy," writes Peter Levi in Edward Lear: A Biography (Scribner, 382 pp...
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Why Lear would play the fool Noel Malcolm praises this updated Life of Edward Lear which makes sense of the great writer of nonsense
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/5/2004; ; 700+ words
; Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer (revised edition...is probably the one statement about Edward Lear that most people could quote. But the...the dabbling was the other way round. Edward Lear was a professional artist, who earned...
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Edward Lear.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/4/1995; 700+ words
; EDWARD LEAR. By Peter Levi. Macmillan...because his portrait of Edward Lear confirms what some readers...about Victorian England. On Lear's thwarted sexuality, for...unsubstantiated) insistence that "Edward was never homosexual" only...
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Review: New Edward Lear/Fred Marcellino book "The Pelican Chorus"
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 7/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR) 07-17-2004 Review: New Edward Lear/Fred Marcellino book "The Pelican...Nonsense." It has original poems by Edward Lear and wonderful new illustrations by Fred Marcellino. Edward Lear is known as the father of nonsense...
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EDWARD LEAR: CHAPTER AND VERSE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/31/1988; ; 700+ words
; LEAR. Selected Letters, edited by Vivien Noakes...review of this book, the first edition of Edward Lear's letters since 1907. The phrase is apt...deeper emotional impression is melancholic. Lear suffered from epilepsy, a condition he concealed...
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After You Mr. Lear.(After You Mr. Lear: In The Wake Of Edward Lear In Italy)(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Internet Bookwatch; 11/1/2007; 535 words
; ...in the wake of artist and nonsense poetry writer Edward Lear (1812-1888) The result is "After You Mr. Lear: In The Wake Of Edward Lear In Italy" which relates Maldwin Drummond's nautical...
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After you, Mr. Lear; in the wake of Edward Lear in Italy; the story of a voyage to rediscover the ways of Edward Lear, artist and author, through his paintings, diaries and letters.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 470 words
; 9781574092554 After you, Mr. Lear; in the wake of Edward Lear in Italy; the story of a voyage to rediscover the ways of Edward Lear, artist and author, through his paintings, diaries...
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From the ridiculous to the sublime Reviews: Travels with Edward Lear; The Director's Chair II
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; Travels with Edward Lear *** NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND...Eastern Mediterranean, the painter Edward Lear. Eventually he amassed a large collection...attached that he made into his library. Edward Lear is most familiar for his nonsense verse...
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Edward Lear
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edward Lear The English writer and artist Edward Lear (1812-1888) achieved fame as a lithographer, landscape...however, for his five volumes of nonsense poetry and prose. Edward Lear was born on May 12, 1812, in Halloway, one of the last...
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Lear, Edward
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Lear, Edward (1812–88). Artist. Commencing his career as an illustrator...Mediterranean countries, productive yet remaining careful and accurate, Lear earned a living as a topographical landscape painter in both water-colour...
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NONSENSE
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...example, in 1862 the painter and poet Edward Lear wrote the following to his friend...this meaning almost painfully from Lear's text, his conclusion pointing...ridiculous or whimsical. In English, Edward Lear and Lewis CARROLL are its best...
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Stevens, Janet 1953-
Book article from: Something About the Author
...Easter Eggs, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1982. Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussycat, Holiday House (New York...Covered Rock, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1988. Edward Lear, The Quangle Wangle's Hat, Harcourt (San Diego...
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runcible
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
runcible a nonsense word used by Edward Lear in formations such as runcible cat and (especially) runcible...one of which has a sharpened outer edge for cutting, although Lear' own illustrations for his books of verse give no warrant for...
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