Tag Archives: nonsense rhymes

Ronald Searle’s Edward Lear Medal

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Ronald Searle‘s  medal of Edward Lear [Père du non-sens], modelled in 1975 and issued by the Monnaie de Paris. More here.

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Donna Howard’s Take on the Owl and the Pussy-cat

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Here.

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Edward Lear’s Mucous Membrane (Another Unpublished Poem and a ‘Drama’)

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Harvard University, Houghton Library MS Typ 55.14, item 93: Once I had a Mucous Membrane And I kept him in a box ― Which the lid I fastened down with 3 of Brahmah’s patent locks. So ― said I ― … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s The Little Mouse: An Unpublished Poem

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

This poem does not appear in The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense; Vivien Noakes mentioned it in a note to “The Uncareful Cow, who walked about” on p. 515, but obviously considered this sketch too rough to be published, and she was probably right, as … Continue reading →

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Gromboolia: Nonsense Art and Literature

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

Michael Heyman, one of the leading experts on world nonsense literature, has created a new website: Gromboolia: The Nonsense Art and Literature Site. It includes an anthology linking to several examples of nonsense literature, music, comics and so on, as … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in Spanish

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

A new translation of Edward Lear’s limericks, by Herrín Hidalgo, has just been published in Spain by Media Vaca: You can see some of the colorful pages here, read a short biography of Lear, and a special preface for children … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear in the TLS

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Marco Graziosi

The Times Literary Supplement for 3 February has not one, not two, but three articles on Edward Lear: Adam Kendon’s “Edward Lear Painting Parrots” is a review of Robert McCracken Peck’s recent The Natural History of Edward Lear; Ben Westwood’s “Lear and … Continue reading →

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The Natural History of Edward Lear

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Robert Peck’s book on Edward Lear’s career as a zoological illustrator is out; I thought it would be in large part a reprint of his essay in the Harvard Library Bulletin enhanced with reproduction, but it is actually a different, … Continue reading →

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A Limerick by Toti Scialoja

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

From C’è qualcuno che sa leggere? the new children’s literature supplement of the Sole 24 Ore of 20 November 2016. More on Toti Scialoja.

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Ye Owly=Pussey=catte

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The items below are for sale at Bonhams at impossible prices (as usual). I find it highly unlikely that the picture of the Owly=Pussey=catte can be dated 1846 like some of the others in the lot: for one thing Edward … Continue reading →

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