The Edward Lear Page
( 1812-1888 )
Major Works
Lear's nonsense verse is available in The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear, edited and introduced by Holbrook Jackson. Dover, 1951. This collection is not, however, complete.
A Book of Nonsense ( 1846 ).
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets ( 1871 ).
More Nonsense , Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, Etc. ( 1872 ).
Laughable Lyrics: A Fourth Book of Nonsense Poems, Songs, Botany, Music, Etc. ( 1877 ).
For An On-Line Selection of Lear from Marco Graziosi, Click on either the Dong or his Luminous Nose:
Download The Nonsense Book in .txt or .zip format.
About Lear
A. Davidson, Edward Lear, Landscape Painter and Nonsense Poet , 1938. Penguin reprint, 1950.
Vivien Noakes, Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer. Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
Edward Lear Home Page. This page contains more Lear than is easily available in books. It is a labor of love by Marco Graziosi, who lives and teaches in Vignola in Northern Italy. Vignola is also the main W3 home of Lear, who spent many years in Italy. Mil grazie, Marco ! La vostra pagina è veramente e marcatamente graziosa.
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