Inventing Edward Lear / Sara Lodge.
Inventing Edward Lear / Sara Lodge.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/0035
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Language
English
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Physical content
436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Returning to Lear: music and memory -- Nonsense and nonconformity -- Queer beasts -- Dreamwork: Lear's visual language -- Inventing Edward Lear.
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
An original and lively account of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian age. Edward Lear wrote some of the best-loved poems in English, including "The Owl and the Pussycat," but the father of nonsense was far more than a poet. He was a naturalist, a brilliant landscape painter, an experimental travel writer, and an accomplished compo...
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Inventing Edward Lear / Sara Lodge.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
G 2019/0035
Record Identifier
74VKV0vAQ3jA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0vAQ3jA
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ISBN
0674971159 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674971158 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
700.92
MMS ID
991024224108602626
