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- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
- Word-Twisting Versus Nonsense (1887)
- Concerning Nonsense (1889)
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- Ian Malcolm on Edward Lear (1908)
- G.K. Chesterton, Two Kinds of Paradox (1911)
- H. Jackson, Masters of Nonsense (1912)
- H. Hawthorne, Edward Lear (1916)
- G.K. Chesterton, Child Psychology and Nonsense (1921)
- How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear (1932)
- G.K. Chesterton, Both Sides of the Looking-Glass (1933)
- G.K. Chesterton, Humour (1938)
- G. Orwell, Nonsense Poetry (1945)
- George Orwell, Funny, But Not Vulgar (1945)
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Knowsley Safari Park
Knowsley Safari Park [Knowsley is now a small zoo.]
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Edward Lear in Greece
Edward Lear in Greece Edward Lear toured Albania, Epirus, Macedonia and Thessaly in the spring-autumn of 1848. Accompanied by his Greek “Dragoman” -an interepreter who was proficient in ten languages- he explored the unknown and intriguing corners of -what was … Continue reading
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There Was an Old Man with a Beard
[minstrels] There Was an Old Man with a Beard — Edward LearLear’s limericks are defined, arrgh, ‘*boring*’: an heresy in an otherwise wonderful site.
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The Great Panjandrum
[minstrels] The Great Panjandrum — Samuel Foote Another classic of Nonsense literature.
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The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
[minstrels] The Owl and the Pussy-Cat — Edward Lear See the previous item.
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The Pobble Who Has No Toes
[minstrels] The Pobble Who Has No Toes — Edward Lear The Lear poem with a short, but funny, commentary.
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Die Unart des Artig-Seins
Die Unart des Artig-Seins Hans Magnus Enzensberger richtete fur Kinder im Residenzhof einen “Kompletten Nonsens” ein und sprach selbst sogar mit der Stimme der Fische.[In German, about a show held in Saltzburg in August 1999 which included sung translations of … Continue reading
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A Century of American Puppetry
PUNCH’S PROGRESS: A CENTURY OF AMERICAN PUPPETRY November 19-December 31Special Exhibition GalleriesThe Detroit Institute of ArtsThe character of Punch first appeared in America prior to the Revolutionary War when his destruction by a dog at a local fair was reported … Continue reading
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Destiny of a great decadent
Destiny of a great decadent Roussel’s main literary output comprised the two novels Locus Solus and Impressions d’Afrique, adaptions of his fiction for theatre, the long poem Nouvelles Impressions d�Afrique, and a posthumously published work in which he set out … Continue reading
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