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Category Archives: Edward Lear
A Review of Illustrated Excursions in Italy
A Review of Illustrated Excursions in Italy(and Fanny Kemble’s A Year of Consolation) from the Quarterly Review, reprinted in Littell’s Living Age, no. 187, 11 December 1847, pp. 481-94.Cornell University Making of America
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Lear necrology
Lear necrology from The New England Magazine. / Volume 6, Issue 33 March 1888, p. 302.
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The Learian Limericks Augmented and Revised
The Learian Limericks Augmented and Revised [I never thought they needed augmentation and/or revision; anyway here is Mr Jeliss’s presentation of his ‘improvements’ — Marco.] Many of the nonsense verses of Edward Lear which take the form now known as … Continue reading
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That Elgar moustache
That Elgar moustache On Victorian beards and moustache, with a reference to Lear, though it does not mention that Lear himself wuld be a perfect candidate…Guardian Unlimited
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"Le meilleur du web littéraire"
auteurs.net “Le meilleur du web litt�raire” Le site “Edward Lear Home Page” n’est pas recommandé aux grandes personnes, ni aux gens raisonnables : exclusivement consacré aux inepties rimées d’Edward Lear et au non-sens, il risque en effet de faire “grincer” … Continue reading
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Edward Lear: "Dong, co ma swiecacy nos"
Edward Lear: “Dong, co ma swiecacy nos” … and this one looks like a commentary on the Dong with a Luminous Nose, in Polish.Gazeta Wyborcza
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?????? ??? Well, ehm, it really looks like a Lear biography but… it’s in Russian! Can anybody confirm?
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Portrait of Catherine Lear
1 Portrait of Catherine Lear From the National Portrait Gallery, London, a silhouette portrait of Edward’s youngest sister, by an unknown artist.
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Lear, Far and Near
JOHN UPDIKE: Lear, Far and Near Even during Edward Lear’s lifetime, his nonsense verse tended to detract from the seriousness of his landscape painting. In the corner of a letter Lear had written Ruskin in 1883, the great critic nonresponsively … Continue reading
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You Elegant Fowl
You Elegant Fowl This is only the Food column from the New York Times Magazine, but I could not resist the title! No reference to Lear is made in the article.
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A Blog of Bosh 