Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

The following items link to pages in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, with descriptions of collections containing Edward Lear material.

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Tennyson Collection

Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

ALFRED TENNYSON COLLECTION Ongoing collection of documents acquired by gift and purchase from various sources. Type of accession (gift or purchase) and date of acquisition is noted in the box-and-folder list. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.[Includes several letters … Continue reading →

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Television Program Scripts

Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

STEVEN H. SCHEUER COLLECTION OF TELEVISION PROGRAM SCRIPTS [Includes script for a 10 Jun 1956 ‘Nonsense (Edward Lear)’ program.]Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

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Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

OSBORN 19TH CENTURY BOUND MANUSCRIPTS (FOLIO)[Full list of the Osborn shelves material, which includes Lear watercolors.]Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

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Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

BURNEY-LEAR DRAWINGSThe Burney-Lear Drawings consists of over 1,000 watercolors, sketches, and drawings by Edward Francis Burney, other members of the Burney family, members of the Hoare family, Edward Lear, and others. Most of the drawings are unsigned, and some of … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 6, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear. The author of one of the most original books of comic verse ever written, Edward Lear, though he was a great traveller, had not much to do with Bohemia. An artist he was in more than one sense … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 3, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

ALISON LURIE: On Edward Gorey (1925-2000)Edward Gorey, who died on April 15, was associated with The New York Review of Books from the beginning. His fantastic and memorable cover illustrations were a feature of every anniversary issue; and in 1975 … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 1, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

The Art of Dr. SeussTheodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s first children’s book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” was published in 1937; in the year 2000, nine years after his death, the ageless appeal of his whimsical … Continue reading →

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Self-similar syncopations

Posted on December 31, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Self-similar syncopations: Fibonacci, L-systems, limericks and ragtime[This is an alternative (USA) URL for the same article mentioned below: it is really very interesting!]

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Self-similar syncopation

Posted on December 31, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Self-similar syncopations: Fibonacci, L-systems, limericks and ragtime There are interesting symmetries shared by the limerick and ragtime, which can be observed and heard in their family groups of stressed and unstressed syllables, or beats, and which lie at the heart … Continue reading →

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