Edward Lear (1812–1888)
Forfatter af The Owl and the Pussycat (Jan Brett)
Om forfatteren
Edward Lear was born in Holloway, England, to Jeremiah (a stockbroker) and Ann Lear, tutored at home by his sister, and briefly attended the Royal Academy schools. Both an author and an illustrator, he earned his living as an artist from the age of 15, mainly by doing landscapes. What he is vis mere remembered for is his nonsense books, especially his popularization of the limerick. Along with Lewis Carroll, he is considered to be the founder of nonsense poetry. In addition to his limericks, he created longer nonsense poems. The best---and best known---is The Jumblies, in which the title characters go to sea in a sieve; it is a brilliant, profound, silly, and sad expression of the need to leave the security of the known world and experience the wonder and danger of the unknown. His other most notable work is The Owl and the Pussy Cat, a less complex poem whose title characters also go to sea. Lear produced humorous alphabets and botany books as well. His wordplay, involving puns, neologisms, portmanteau words, and anticlimax, retains its vitality today and has influenced such contemporary writers of children's nonsense verse as Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and Laura Richards (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Engraved by Andrew from a photograph taken in San Remo, by Roncarolo.
Værker af Edward Lear
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY WHOSE NOSE...AND OTHER NONSENSE RHYMES by Edward Lear edited by Alice Mills (1999 Hardcover 9 x… (1999) 12 eksemplarer
Edward Lear in the Levant: Travels in Albania, Greece and Turkey in Europe, 1848-49 (1988) 9 eksemplarer
Owl and the pussycat 8 eksemplarer
Nonsense songs and laughable lyrics 7 eksemplarer
Children's Classics Box Set: The Hare And The Tortoise And Other Fables/ There Was A Young Lady Whose Nose And… (1999) 7 eksemplarer
The history of the 7 families of the Lake Pipple-Popple, and The story of the 4 little children who went round the… (1968) 7 eksemplarer
THE Nonsense Books: The Complete Collection of the Nonsense Books of Edward Lear (with Over 400 Original Illustrations) (2009) 5 eksemplarer
Letters of Edward Lear, author of the Book of Nonsense, to Chichester Fortescue (Lord Carlingford) and Frances Countess… (1907) 5 eksemplarer
Edward Lear in Greece;: A loan exhibition from the Gennadius Library, Athens. Circulated by the International… (1971) 5 eksemplarer
Later letters of Edward Lear, author of "The book of nonsense" to Chichester Fortescue (lord Carlingford), Lady… (1911) 5 eksemplarer
Edward Lear, the Corfu years: A chronicle presented through his letters and journals (Tenth publication in the… (1988) 5 eksemplarer
The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Nonsense Verse (Mini Classics) (Mini Classics) (1993) 4 eksemplarer
Nonsense books. By: Edward Lear, with all the original illustrations: (Children's Classics) (2017) 4 eksemplarer
Best Loved Fables Of Aesop / Nonsense Alphabets 3 eksemplarer
Lear in the original: drawings and limericks by Edward Lear from his Book of Nonsense : now first printed in facsimile,… (1975) 3 eksemplarer
A Nonsense birthday book: compiled from "the book of nonsense" and "more nonsense" (1980) 3 eksemplarer
The owl and the pussycat, and more nonsense 3 eksemplarer
The Complete Nonsense Book (Containing all the Original Pictures and Verses, together with New Material) (1921) 2 eksemplarer
The Owl and the Pussycat [Rutherfords] 2 eksemplarer
Nonsense Alphabets/Best Loved Fables of Aesop 2 eksemplarer
Lear In Sicily. Line Drawings By... Illustrating A Tour Made In May-July 1847 In The Company Of John Joshua Proby...… (1938) 2 eksemplarer
Calico Pie 2 eksemplarer
Edward Lear in Southern Italy : journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria and the Kingdom of Naples. (1964) 2 eksemplarer
Pro to, chego ne mozhet byt 2 eksemplarer
The Jumbles and Other Nonsense Verses 1 eksemplar
The tragical life and death of Caius Marius, Esqre., late Her Majesty's consul-general in the Roman states 1 eksemplar
Книга чепухи 1 eksemplar
SEM CABEÇA NEM PÉ 1 eksemplar
Happy New Lear [A Guinness Christmas book] 1 eksemplar
Nonsense Books 1888 1 eksemplar
SEM CABEÇA E SEM PE 1 eksemplar
Paesaggi mediterranei Lettere 1833-1858 1 eksemplar
Two Nonsense Stories. Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World and the History of the Seven Families… (1990) 1 eksemplar
LIMERICKS BY LEAR. 1 eksemplar
Lear’s Book of Nonsense 1 eksemplar
Nonsense Drolleries 1 eksemplar
The Jumblies by Edward Lear (1954-12-06) 1 eksemplar
Great Poems for Children 1 eksemplar
Bonjour M. Lear (le Lycanthrope) 1 eksemplar
Poetry for Young People: Edward Lear by Edited by Edward Mendelson (7-Jun-2010) Paperback 1 eksemplar
The Owland the Pussy - Cat 1 eksemplar
O Livro dos Disparates 1 eksemplar
Der Quingelwingelquie 1 eksemplar
Learicks 1 eksemplar
Libro dei nonsense, Il 1 eksemplar
How pleasant to know Mr. Lear. For narrator and orchetra. [Score.] — Lyrics — 1 eksemplar
The Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear Limericks--Three Books in One: The Owl and the Pussy Cat, the Duck & the Kangaroo, and a Book of Nonsense (2010) 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear's Birds 1 eksemplar
De Uil en de Poes 1 eksemplar
Lear Omnibus, The 1 eksemplar
The Owl and the Pussycat and Other Nonsense 1 eksemplar
Lear Alphabet 1 eksemplar
Uued rõivad : [luuletus] 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear - A New No Nonsense Alphabet 1 eksemplar
Limericks; verses 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear's Indian Journal: Watercolours and Extracts from the Diary of Edward Lear (1873-1875) (1953) 1 eksemplar
Nonsense rhymes and laughable lyrics 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear sketches of parrots relating to illustrations of the family of Psittacidae, or parrots 1 eksemplar
A Treasury of Nonsense (1 Cass Stock no.7030) 1 eksemplar
Edward Lears kompletter Nonsens. Ins Deutsche geschmuggelt von Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1977) 1 eksemplar
Edward Lears Nonsense Book 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear 1812-1888: A Loan Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, Books and Prints, Nonsense Works… (1968) 1 eksemplar
complete nonsense of Edward Lear, The 1 eksemplar
The Book Of Nonsense 🎧 ✓ (Online-Audio-LibriVox-Non-Fiction-Limericks-Humour) (Running Time: 28 Minutes 12… 1 eksemplar
Minette et le hibou 1 eksemplar
Complete Nonsense 1 eksemplar
Edward Lears Kompletter Nonsens II. Zweite Lieferung. Lieder, Balladen und Geschichten. (1985) 1 eksemplar
Kringle Krangles hat 1 eksemplar
Required Poems for Reading and Memorizing Third and Fourth Grades, Prescribed by State Courses of Study 1 eksemplar
Edward Lear : Holloway 1812-Sanremo 1888 1 eksemplar
Nonsense Songs And Laughable Lyrics: Verse. 1 eksemplar
The Owl & The Pussy Cat & other nonsense 1 eksemplar
Favorite Funny Poems 1 eksemplar
How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear {poem} 1 eksemplar
The Nonsense Books Collection (ShandonPress) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Bidragyder — 1,046 eksemplarer
The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Bidragyder — 459 eksemplarer
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Bidragyder — 447 eksemplarer
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Bidragyder — 250 eksemplarer
Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists (2011) — Bidragyder — 205 eksemplarer
The New Junior Classics Volume 02: Stories of Wonder and Magic (1912) — Bidragyder — 202 eksemplarer
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 2: From "Kubla Khan" to the Bronte Sisters to The Picture of Dorian Gray (2012) — Bidragyder — 185 eksemplarer
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Bidragyder — 148 eksemplarer
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Bidragyder — 99 eksemplarer
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Bidragyder — 45 eksemplarer
Buzz Words: Poems About Insects (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series) (2021) — Bidragyder — 32 eksemplarer
Edward Lear (Holloway 1812-Sanremo 1888) — Fotograf — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Lear, Edward
- Juridisk navn
- Lear, Edward
- Fødselsdato
- 1812-05-12
- Dødsdag
- 1888-01-29
- Begravelsessted
- Cimitero monumentale della foce, Sanremo, Italy
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (til kort)
- England, UK
- Fødested
- London, England, UK
- Dødssted
- San Remo, Italy
- Bopæl
- Rome, Italy
Corfu, Greece - Uddannelse
- Royal Academy Schools
- Erhverv
- poet
painter
illustrator - Relationer
- Church, Charles (friend)
Tennyson, Alfred (friend)
Tennyson, Emily Sellwood Tennys (friend)
Ruskin, John (friend)
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A delightful book of nonsensical poems. Many will probably know of The Owl and the Pussy Cat, given that the poem was given beautiful illustrations by Jan Brett (although the illustrations in this book are lovely as well. The poems in the book have a wonderful singsong quality to them that makes them fun to read and I think would delight kids. The only issue is that the book does show its age some with depictions of POC. It's only one poem, but the depiction was a bit insensitive for my taste. Overall, most of the poems are fun to read and have a sense of adventure to them. An additional bonus is that you can read it for free on Project Gutenburg!… (mere)
It is the illustrations that make me love this version best.
Many of the Limericks are fun, notably those featuring Birds,
but this is not a book for kids or sensitive adults = too much violence, Killing, death, and animal cruelty.
but this is not a book for kids or sensitive adults = too much violence, Killing, death, and animal cruelty.
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