Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

John Ashbery, Tuesday Evening (1995)

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

In case after reading yesterday’s “The Dong with the Luminous Nose” you were wondering, like me, what “a long nonsense poem” by John Ashbery looked / sounded / felt like, here is Tuesday Evening She plundered the fun in his hair. … Continue reading →

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John Ashbery, The Dong with the Luminous Nose (1998)

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

The Dong With the Luminous Nose (a cento) Within a windowed niche of that high hall I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street The lights begin … Continue reading →

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Christopher Middleton, Edward Lear in February

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Since last September I’ve been trying to describe Two moonstone hills, And an ochre mountain, by candlelight, behind, But a lizard has been sick into the ink, A cat keeps clawing at me, you should see my face, I’m too … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, View over San Remo from Villa Congreve

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Over at the Edward Lear Society website an article appeared on 12 October showing a watercolour picture by Edward Lear of a San Remo view which also includes two figures in the foreground: It was shown during BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow, … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae (1854)

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Temple of Apollo at Bassae. Oil on Canvas. 146.4cm x 229.5cm. Monogram; lower right; EL. Date; lower right; 1854-55. Stretcher, verso; paint; Box 9. Stretcher, verso; graphite; 30. Label; stretcher, verso; printed; MAN. Stamp; canvas, verso; with … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Mount Athos (1857)

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Mount Athos. Black chalk, bodycolour, watercolour on paper. 298mm x 466mm. Lower left; Mt. Athos. Signature; lower left, below the above; Edward Lead del. Date; lower left, below the above; 1857 Verso, mount; MT. ATHO. Rev: W.G.C. Clark … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, Selmun Palace, Malta

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, Selmun Palace, Malta. Pen and brown ink, watercolour. 103mm x 203mm. On Lear in Malta. The Fitzwilliam Museum.

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More Houghton Manuscripts

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

In his Course in Nonsense Tom Swifty comments on the feud between Learians and Carrollians: The nonsense of these two could not have been more different. We can make fun of rules by blithely ignoring them, like Lear, but also by … Continue reading →

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Tom Swifty’s Course in Nonsense

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Swifty, Tom. A Course in Nonsense: Your Pea-Green Guide to Nonsense Literature. Rotterdam: Brave New Books, 2015. Tom Swifty’s book is exactly what it purports to be, a quick introduction to nonsense literature from ancient Greece to modern times. As … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear, A View of Mendrisio (1878)

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, A view of Mendrisio, Switzerland. Inscribed and dated ‘Mendrisio/6 AM, July 3, 1878’ (lower right). Watercolour and ink, unframed. 9 x 15cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/8in). Bonhams.

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