Tag Archives: nonsense rhymes

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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A Few Links

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

I have been checking and fixing a few links in the bibliography pages and added a new, interesting article to the Studies on Edward Lear page: Antinucci, Raffaella. “‘Sensational Nonsense.’ Edward Lear and the (Im)purity of Nonsense Writing.” English Literature … Continue reading →

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J.R. Green on Edward Lear in 1871

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Writing to Miss Olga von Glehn from Villa Congreve (also), San Remo, on 10 March 1871, John Richard Green states: I have just been seeing Lear’s pictures packed off for the Academy. I shall be home just in time for a … Continue reading →

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There Was an Old Man of Cape Horn…

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

A variant version of both illustration and verse for ‘There was an Old Man of Cape Horn’. As first published in the 1846 edition of A Book of Nonsense, the limerick concludes “So he sat on a chair, till he … Continue reading →

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The Beatles and Edward Lear

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

The first sign of the metamorphosis that was under way in the Beatles’ music came on the group’s first single of 1966, “Paperback Writer” b/w “Rain,” a record that recalled “Can’t Buy Me Love” b/w “You Can’t Do That” in its … Continue reading →

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“A Master of the Faux Demotic”

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Would you believe this is a characterization of Edward Lear? Miller, Sam. A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes. London: Vintage Books, 2014. 184: Edward Lear, the English illustrator and poet, a master of the faux demotic and … Continue reading →

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Syd Barrett and Edward Lear

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

[Syd Barrett’s Fart Enjoy contains] two pages of cut-up nursery rhymes. One reads: Sprat Locket Patch Lift The Latch. Johnny Shall Have A New Bonnet The other reads: Hark! Jack Was Diddlty Dumpty All Jolly To Market To Buy A … Continue reading →

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Nonsense Programmes

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

As usual for the Christmas period, the BBC has a few Nonsense-related programmes you can listen to while still available on iPlayer Radio: Drama of the Week, which you can download as a podcast, is Jeremy Iron’s reading of T.S. … Continue reading →

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John Ashbery, Tuesday Evening (1995)

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

In case after reading yesterday’s “The Dong with the Luminous Nose” you were wondering, like me, what “a long nonsense poem” by John Ashbery looked / sounded / felt like, here is Tuesday Evening She plundered the fun in his hair. … Continue reading →

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Tom Swifty’s Course in Nonsense

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Marco Graziosi

Swifty, Tom. A Course in Nonsense: Your Pea-Green Guide to Nonsense Literature. Rotterdam: Brave New Books, 2015. Tom Swifty’s book is exactly what it purports to be, a quick introduction to nonsense literature from ancient Greece to modern times. As … Continue reading →

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