Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Two Kinds of Paradox

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Chris Gosling has kindly sent me a copy of G.K. Chesterton’s 1911 article “Two Kinds of Paradox,” first published in the Illustrated London News. See previous post on Chesterton.

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Chesterton on Nonsense

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A post at the Blog of the American Chesterton Association about G.K. Chesterton’s frequent references to Edward Lear gives me an opportunity to mention that three nonsense related articles of his are on the Bookshelf of nonsenselit.org: A Defence of … Continue reading →

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A-Courting with the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

In my previous post on the sources of Edward Lear’s “The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò” I forgot to mention William Wordsworth’s “The Blind Highland Boy,” noted by Michael Heyman in his Isles of Boshen; in the poem the boy escapes … Continue reading →

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On the Coast of Coromandel

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Vivien Noakes, in her edition of Edward Lear’s Complete Verse and Other Nonsense (London: Penguin, 2001; pp.517-8), mentions as a source for “The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò” a Great Wolford, Worcestershire, mummers’ play, in which the Fool says: In comes … Continue reading →

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Indian Nonsense: Anushka Ravishankar

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Heyman, whose not-to-be-missed thesis on Edward Lear, Isles of Boshen, has been online for some time, has an article on Anushka Ravishankar’s Indian Nonsense in the November issue of The Horn Book, a publication about books for children and … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear items at Christies

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

There are a number of Edward Lear watercolours for sale at Christie’s, mostly in the “British Art on Paper” sale of 16 November. If you have £20,000-30,000 you can also get: GOULD, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or … Continue reading →

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Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

After writing yesterday’s post I remembered I had seen an animator break down of the Cheshire cat scene in Disney’s Alice; at last I have found it again, it was posted by Thad Komorowski of Animation ID on Dailymotion: Alice … Continue reading →

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Cheshire Cat Art

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

If, like me, you think the Cheshire Cat scene in the Disney Alice in Wonderland is one of the best moments in the movie, don’t miss the We’re All Mad Here (more) exhibition at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight. You will … Continue reading →

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Unorthodox Taxidermy

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Take a look at these fantastic animal sculptures Dr. Seuss produced in the 1930s using “real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent”. You can even buy one! Thanks … Continue reading →

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James T. Fields on Edward Lear

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

James Thomas Fields was the publisher of Our Young Folks , an American children’s magazine, which in 1870 first published three poems by Edward Lear, including “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” (see the previous post: Lear Illustrated in America). In … Continue reading →

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