Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Lear Vamping

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Tennyson was always very satisfied with Lear’s arrangements of his poems and did not refrain from praising them in public though, as Angus Davidson notes in his 1938 biography, Edward Lear: Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet (1812-1888) (London: John Murray), … Continue reading →

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The Book of Nonsense as a Colouring Book

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Now and then you can see listed on eBay copies of Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense in which some or all of the pictures have been coloured. Lear’s childish drawing style, with its large spaces waiting to be filled with … Continue reading →

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A Geography of the Early Limerick

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Ever since I heard of Google Earth I realised it would be very useful for limerick lovers, but I was too lazy to try and find out how to create interactive maps until I found this post at the Stoa … Continue reading →

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Changing again

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

I’ve started changing the page layout again, so some parts of the site might not work correctly for some time. Be patient.

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More on Peter Newell

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

You can now read Philip Hofer’s article on “Peter Newell’s Pictures and Rhymes”, which was published in Colophon. A Book Collectors’ Quarterly in 1934.

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Jungle-Jangle

Posted on June 27, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

The Peter Newell section of nonsenselit.org now has a full-size, perfect copy of Peter Newell’s Jungle-Jangle. Thanks to Bob & Ellen Watters, who kindly contacted me and scanned the book.

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Meta: Site Update

Posted on April 24, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

I am going to try and upgrade the blog from WordPress 1.5 to 2.0.2 later today, so there might be problems.

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Where did Nonsense go?

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

One of the questions which are often asked about Nonsense is, Why did it disappear almost completely from literature after the great season of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll? As M.B. Heyman writes in his thesis (Isles of Boshen: Edward … Continue reading →

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Self-Reference in Lear s Limericks

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

The documents section of nonsenselit.org now contains a recent essay on Edward Lear: Winfried Nöth. “The Art of Self-Reference in Edward Lear’s Limericks.” Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis 10.1, 2005, pp. 47-66. Many thanks to professor Nöth … Continue reading →

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The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See. . .

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

The Owl and the Pussycat Wen to See… is a musical play adapted from the verses and stories of Edward Lear by Sheila Ruskin and David Wood (who wrote the music and lyrics). The LP (Philips 6308022) was published in … Continue reading →

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