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Katharine West, Nonsense and Wit (1946)

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

SHOULD the British Council or arty other body concerned with the “projection of Britain” endeavour to make known abroad the unique British heritage of nonsense? Every country has its nursery rhymes and fairy tales; but, as M. Emile Cammaerts writes … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell and Edward Lear

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Equally individual [as Stockton’s article on A.B. Frost mentioned in the previous review] is Mr. Peter Newell, who has just published a collection of his quaintly illustrated nonsense verses, under the title of Peter Newell’s Pictures and Rhymes. The world … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Representation of the Meteora Monasteries

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Della Dora, Veronica. “Ways of Seeing: The Making of a Holy Landscape of Rocks.” In Avril Maddrell, Veronica della Dora, Alessandro Scafi, Heather Walton. Christian Pilgrimage, Landscape and Heritage: Journeying to the Sacred. New York: Routledge, 2014. 45-66. [Google Books] pp. … Continue reading →

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Northrop Frye on Edward Lear and the Limerick

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

From Northrop Frye’s 1932 Notebook: July 23 I read a book on the limerick the other day by some supercilious ass who talked about Edward Lear as a pioneer but a childish and inane primitive because his first and last … Continue reading →

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Technical Tendencies of Caricature (illustrated by G. Verbeek)

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Henry McBride & Gustave Verbeck, “Technical Tendencies of Caricature.” The Monthly Illustrator, Vol. 4, No. 13, May 1895, pp. 215-219.

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Review of an Edward Lear Exhibition, from The Tablet (1958)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Lear IT is not only since the advent of Punch that Englishmen have claimed a sense of humour as their monopoly. As long ago as 1673 the Earl of Peterborough wrote of the Duchess of  Modena: “She is really … Continue reading →

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