Results 191 to 200 of about 1,662,105 (256)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
Evolution, Two Darwins, and the Gestalt Imagining of Edward Lear
Victorian Studies, 2023:Edward Lear was in the vanguard of cultural assimilation of evolutionary theory. In what amounts to a gestalt relationship, some of his published "nonsense" figures against, and largely derives its meaning from, innovation in the natural sciences ...
Thomas Dilworth, Michael Crawford
semanticscholar +1 more source
Edward Lear, the Illustrated Excursions in Italy and the Making of a Tourist Imaginary
Forum Italicum, 2022My essay intends to demonstrate the significance of the Abruzzi region in Edward Lear's artistic vision. In particular, it aims to show that, in a certain sense, two contrasting personalities coexisted in Lear, and determined his attitude towards the ...
Francesca D'alfonso
semanticscholar +1 more source
Rhythms of Feeling in Edward Lear, T. S. Eliot, and Stevie Smith
, 2022What does it mean to write or visualize a feeling rhythmically? Where does feeling sit within rhythm, and rhythm within feeling? This book looks into the heart of rhythm and the poetic imagination through the works of three of the most celebrated poets ...
Jasmine Jagger
semanticscholar +1 more source
The natural history of Edward Lear (New Edition)
Journal of Natural History, 2021It is remarkable that someone of Edward Lear’s supreme artistic talent is best remembered for his limericks, most of which would be better called ‘lame-ricks’. It is especially the repetition of the first line at the end of each poem that renders them so
A. Polaszek
semanticscholar +1 more source
The Evolution of Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense: The Making of the 1846, 1855, and 1861 Editions
Book History:Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense is a foundational work in modern children’s literature. This essay traces its development from early manuscript limericks to the first two-volume edition of 1846 and then examines the 1855 one-volume edition, identifying
Marco Graziosi
semanticscholar +1 more source
The Antioch Review, 1995
Edward Lear, Victorian author of nonsense verse, was also a water-colourist and a traveller. Lear's sense of humour was contrasted with his severe bouts of depression. Gregarious and popular, he had a wide circle of friends including Alfred Tennyson, yet was often lonely.
John Kennedy, Peter Levi
openaire +2 more sources
Edward Lear, Victorian author of nonsense verse, was also a water-colourist and a traveller. Lear's sense of humour was contrasted with his severe bouts of depression. Gregarious and popular, he had a wide circle of friends including Alfred Tennyson, yet was often lonely.
John Kennedy, Peter Levi
openaire +2 more sources
2018
Edward Lear wrote a well-known autobiographical poem that begins “How pleasant to know Mr Lear!” But how well do we really know him? On the one hand he is, in John Ashbery’s words, “one of the most popular poets who ever lived”; on the other hand he has often been overlooked or marginalized by scholars and in literary histories.
openaire +1 more source
Edward Lear wrote a well-known autobiographical poem that begins “How pleasant to know Mr Lear!” But how well do we really know him? On the one hand he is, in John Ashbery’s words, “one of the most popular poets who ever lived”; on the other hand he has often been overlooked or marginalized by scholars and in literary histories.
openaire +1 more source