Search this site:
Edward Lear
On Lear and Nonsense
- A Very Good Children’s Book (1865)
- Nonsense Verse, &c. (1880)
- Word-Twisting Versus Nonsense (1887)
- Concerning Nonsense (1889)
- Delightful Nonsense (1890)
- G.K. Chesterton, A Defence of Nonsense (1902)
- The Poems in Alice in Wonderland (1903)
- Limericks (1903)
- 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)
- Michele Sala, Lear’s Nonsense: Beyond Children’s Literature
- More Articles
Twitter Updates
- Unique exposure to Edward Lear’s masterpiece for sale at Sotheby’s gulftoday.ae/culture/2021/0… 1 week ago
- Harriott Lear’s Death Certificate nonsenselit.com/2021/03/24/har… 2 weeks ago
- Edward Lear, Cefalu (1847) nonsenselit.com/2021/03/22/edw… 2 weeks ago
Categories
- Comics (67)
- Cruikshank (4)
- Dr. Seuss (22)
- Edward Gorey (15)
- Edward Lear (917)
- General (135)
- Gustave Verbeek (27)
- James Thurber (2)
- Lewis Carroll (66)
- Limerick (55)
- Nonsense Lyrics (22)
- Peter Newell (80)
- Podcasts (40)
- Punch (1)
- Uncategorized (17)
- WS Gilbert (1)
Tag Archives: Edward Gorey
Eliot’s The Naming of Cats illustrated by Edward Gorey
T.S. Eliot, The Naming of Cats, illustrated by Edward Gorey. From The American Poetry Review, Vol. 11, No. 4 (JULY/AUGUST 1982), p. 9.
Posted in Edward Gorey, Nonsense Lyrics
Tagged Edward Gorey, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, TS Eliot
1 Comment
Edward Lear and the Scientists
Rowena Fowler writes to announce a must-see exhibition: “Edward Lear and the Scientists,” at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG. I have now received my copy of the special Edward Lear issue of the Harvard Library … Continue reading
Posted in Edward Lear
Tagged bicentenary, Edward Gorey, Edward Lear, zoological illustration
Leave a comment
