Category Archives: Edward Lear

Lear, il nonsense fatto re

Posted on August 17, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Lear, il nonsense fatto re Lear non solo reinventò il “nonsense verse”, seppe anche illustrarlo con i suoi disegni tanto apparentemente primitivi quanto espressivi. Vero e proprio fotogramma a matita dei grotteschi e patetici personaggi che popolano un universo terribilmente … Continue reading →

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Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat: Winking & Nudging by the Light of the Silvery Moon

Posted on July 22, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat: Winking & Nudging by the Light of the Silvery MoonIn Edward, the Owl & the Calico Cat, Cicchini pays homage and close attention to the author [EL], winking and nudging through this tale … Continue reading →

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Stuff and Nonsense at White Flint Mall

Posted on July 20, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Stuff and Nonsense at White Flint Mall JUMBLIES MAY live in lands “far and few” — but kids can see them this summer in Bethesda. Straight out of Edward Lear’s whimsical verse, these colorful characters are now singing, dancing and … Continue reading →

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The Earl & the Pussycat

Posted on June 7, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Earl & the Pussycat, exhibition at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) was one of the most prominent natural historians of his day. �The Earl & the Pussycat� exhibition marks the 150th … Continue reading →

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The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on June 5, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussy-cat From Lloyd Schwartz’s Introduction: ‘In Lear’s best-loved poem, “The Owl and the Pussy-cat,” the logic underlying the fantasy is an emotional trueness.’This regular column in the online version of the Atlantic Monthly presents … Continue reading →

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The Eden of Dreams and the Nonsense Land

Posted on March 29, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Mirva Saukkola: The Eden of Dreams and the Nonsense Land Subtitled “Characteristics of the British Golden Age Children’s Fiction in the Finnish Children’s Fantasy Literature of the 1950s”, this academic dissertation (May 2001, University of Helsinki, Institute for Art Research, … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection

Posted on February 19, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces from the Hill Ornithology Collection Cornell University Library[Almost nothing on Lear, but interesting for background information, especially concerning the different techniques.]

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The American Mix

Posted on January 5, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The American Mix | Your Guide to Intelligent Fun [Julie Rybicki suggested this: ‘It tells the tale of the writer Howard Norman’s strange pub encounter with an old man, who, after hearing on the CBC radio of Norman’s affection for … Continue reading →

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Rhyme and reason

Posted on December 15, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Rhyme and reason If it is the ludicrous that you want, invest in Edward Lear�s The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense (edited by Vivien Noakes, Penguin). �Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils� Lear wrote. He saw it as the … Continue reading →

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The Phonosemantics of Nasal-Stop Clusters

Posted on December 5, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

The Phonosemantics of Nasal-Stop Clusters by Ralph Emerson The humorousness of nasal-stops also makes them one of the secrets of nonsense poets. Dr. Seuss’s books have dozens of nasal-stop coinages, from the Grinch to the Rink-Rinker-Fink. The flora and fauna … Continue reading →

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