Tag Archives: nonsense rhymes

Northrop Frye on Edward Lear’s Last Lines

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

July 23, 1932 I read in 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 lines ended with … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear and the Classics

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

It is well know that Edward Lear did not have a formal education, a fact that he apparently did not consider a limitation as he thought that it had left him with a curiosity to know new things that lacked … Continue reading →

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Concert of Edward Lear’s Words and Music

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

The Words and Music of Edward Lear David Owen Norris, Piano and Mark Wilde, Tenor The Edinburgh Society of Musicians, 3 Belford Road Saturday 9th March at 3:15pm We are all familiar with Edward Lear’s nonsense poems but he was also … Continue reading →

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Hilary Knight’s Illustrations for The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

AN ARCHIVE OF HILARY KNIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT. Sixteen finished double-page watercolors for Hilary Knight’s The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983), based on Edward Lear, watercolor, tempura, ink and color pencil, each 315 x … Continue reading →

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There was an Old Man of Whitehaven…

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

There was an Old Man of Whitehaven, Who danced a quadrille with a raven; But they said, ‘It’s absurd To encourage this bird!’ So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven. From the Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions blog at the Lewis … Continue reading →

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New Book on Edward Lear

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

James Williams’s book on Edward Lear is now available from Amazon, in the UK and in the USA. I haven’t had time to read it yet but the introduction is very promising.

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Readings and Listenings

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

I missed this review of Jenny Uglow’s Mr Lear, you can read it here. Listen to three Edward Lear arrangements, in Hungarian Translatio, by György Kósa: The music comes from Kósa György: Home Concert – Songs and Chamber Works; Bokor Jutta, Judit … Continue reading →

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Repeated Nonsense: A Learesque Manuscript

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Ekaterina Shatalova (see here) sends the description of a manuscript copying several of Edward Lear’s limericks together with pictures; here they are: A rather delightful album of 15 original ink drawings repeating some of Lear’s limericks from Book of Nonsense. … Continue reading →

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“Nonsense!” – Words from Edward Lear, music by Mel Orriss

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

Festive Flutes and Mel Orriss perform six of Lear’s limericks set to music. Also, form the same event (I suppose): Festive Flutes and Mel Orriss perform “The House That Jack Built” at Cedars Hall, Wells, 4th February 2018.

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A Lecture and an Auction

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Marco Graziosi

If you have $15,000-20,000 you do not know how to spend, you might want to buy the FIRST VOLUME only of Edward lear’s original 1846 Book of Nonsense: If you can’t afford it, at least watch this extremely interesting lecture by … Continue reading →

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