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Animation Links

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Marco Graziosi

A few more interesting posts from the incredibly lively world of animation blogs: Michael Sporn has four new nonsense-related articles: Fantasia Program 1 & 2: a souvenir booklet sold with the initial roadshow presentation of Fantasia. Alices: on the clash … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Poetry in Schools

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A controversy seems to have been raised by the Ofsted report on poetry in schools, which maintains that British pupils are not prepared to appreciate classic poetry because of a focus on a few poems, which are considered not “genuinely … Continue reading →

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Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Sporn has published the second part of Errol LeCain’s illustrations for Mr. Mistoffelees with Mungojerrie and Rumpeltealzer, go see them! Also see previous post.

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The Illustrated Old Possum

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Sporn, of Splog, has a number of posts about illustrator Errol Le Cain, and among them two devoted to his illustrations to poems from T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats: Growltiger’s Last Stand and Other Poems Mr. … Continue reading →

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A Cubist Romance

Posted on August 2, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Over at 5lines (A limerick a day!) I am publishing a series by Oliver Herford which appeared in the Century Magazine between 1911 and 1913. Here is another humorous poem which appeared in the same magazine in the June 1930 … Continue reading →

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An Edward Lear Self-Caricature

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Here is a typical Edward Lear caricature self-portrait I saved from an eBay auction a few months ago (starting price was GBP750.00 with an estimate of 1,500-2,000): The speech bubble contains a message to Evelyn Baring, first Earl of Cromer … Continue reading →

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Sweet Owls – Sweeter Pussy-cats

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Lesley of Birds Ahoy! has found these delicious biscuits: The illustration of the package is also very beautiful: The producer has a website, but at the moment no information is available.

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Two Kinds of Paradox

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

Chris Gosling has kindly sent me a copy of G.K. Chesterton’s 1911 article “Two Kinds of Paradox,” first published in the Illustrated London News. See previous post on Chesterton.

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Chesterton on Nonsense

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

A post at the Blog of the American Chesterton Association about G.K. Chesterton’s frequent references to Edward Lear gives me an opportunity to mention that three nonsense related articles of his are on the Bookshelf of nonsenselit.org: A Defence of … Continue reading →

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Indian Nonsense: Anushka Ravishankar

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Heyman, whose not-to-be-missed thesis on Edward Lear, Isles of Boshen, has been online for some time, has an article on Anushka Ravishankar’s Indian Nonsense in the November issue of The Horn Book, a publication about books for children and … Continue reading →

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