Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Posted on October 4, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Owl and the Pussy-Cat sail to the topPOETRY lovers, young and old, have voted Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussy-Cat their favourite children’s poem in a nationwide poll. The BBC poll, which was launched to celebrate National Poetry Day … Continue reading →

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Children's Literature

Posted on September 27, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Children’s Literature Again great links and bibliographies from the same author.

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Social history of Children's Literature

Posted on September 27, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Social history of Children’s Literature edited by Kay E. VandergriftA great collection of links and bibliographies on children’s literature, though I have not been able to find any reference to E. Lear.

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Devices and desires

Posted on August 21, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Devices and desires Tennessee Williams once said that his plays were built on the wreckage of the American family. This is true, of course – the same could be said of Theodore Dreiser’s immensely gloomy novels – and yet the … Continue reading →

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Two Articles

Posted on August 20, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Here are a couple of articles with references to Edward Lear: PET TRADE BLUES (the efforts and moral problems involved in attempting to save Brazil’s Lear’s macaws from extinction), by Richard Hartley, from International Wildlife, March-April, 2000.Voyage of a painter … Continue reading →

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Drawing Notebook

Posted on August 19, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

artnet.com Magazine Reviews – Drawing Notebook He called himself “The Painter of Poetical Topography,” but the world knows this superb draughtsman better as the inventor of the limerick. He was the Englishman Edward Lear (1812-1888).

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John Gould (1841-1881)

Posted on August 19, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

John Gould (1841-1881) John Gould (1804-1881) was the most prolific artist and publisher of ornithological subjects of all time. In nineteenth century Europe his name was as well known as Audubon’s was here in North America. Unlike Audubon, whose life’s … Continue reading →

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Land of make-believe

Posted on August 11, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Land of make-believe Eggs on legs and free booze: Marilyn Corrie enters a medieval fantasy in Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life by Herman PleijGuardian Unlimited Books

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Inventing Wonderland by Jackie Wullschlager

Posted on August 11, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Biography choice: Inventing Wonderland by Jackie Wullschlager Edward Lear lived a solitary life, preferring children to adults as an escape from his homosexuality. Lear�s attitude to children is presented as being the kindest, his nonsense limericks having none of the … Continue reading →

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Twentieth-Century American Children's Literature

Posted on August 2, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Twentieth-Century American Children’s Literature

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