Description
Embodying Lear's passion for nonsense, the limericks, each accompanied by one of Lear's beguiling original illustrations, are fun, lyrical, lively and hilarious, and have enchanted children and adults since their first appearance in the middle of the nineteenth century.
About the Author
Edward Lear (1812-88) was an English painter and writer known primarily for his nonsense verse and for popularizing the limerick. His poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat' remains one of the nation's favourites. An intrepid traveller, Lear explored Syria, Egypt and India, among many other places. He published three volumes of bird and animal drawings, seven illustrated travel books and four books of nonsense.
Reviews
His nonsense is not vacuity of sense: it is parody of sense, and that is the sense of it. -- T.S. Eliot
Book Information
ISBN 9781847497482
Author Edward Lear
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Alma Classics
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 84g