Edward Lear on ABC Radio Canberra
On the 23rd of July, I had the pleasure of discussing the life and work of Edward Lear with Lish Fejer on ABC Radio Canberra. Listen to the full interview here
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Edward Lear: Escape
Return to PART ONE Citizens of Paradise: Lear’s Nonsense Escapes In Nonsense Songs (1870) and Laughable Lyrics (1876), Edward Lear eschewed the constricted limerick structure of A Book of Nonsense. Embracing the Romanticism he once shunned, the poet’s Calibans are set …
Edward Lear: Destruction
Edward Lear & The Victorian Nursery A revolutionary figure in the history of English literature, Edward Lear challenged the conventions of the Victorian nursery with what Orwell termed a “poltergeist interference with common sense.” [1] In his lifetime, Lear attracted …