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Edward Lear and the play of poetry / James Williams and Matthew Bevis, editor. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lear, Edward, 1812-1888--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lear, Edward.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A collection of 17 essays devoted solely to Edward Lear, building on a recent resurgence of critical interest in the Victorian poet. They explore how it is that the play of his poetry continues to delight and challenge us, and provide contexts in which it can be better understood and enjoyed.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Edward Lear and the play of poetry / James Williams and Matthew Bevis
- Lear and the fool / James Williams
- 'One of the Dumms' : Edward Lear and Romanticism / Michael O'Neill
- Edward Lear and dissent / Sara Lodge
- 'Some think him...queer' : loners and love in Edward Lear / Peter Swaab
- Edward Lear : celebrity chef / Peter Robinson
- Falling for Edward Lear / Matthew Bevis
- Being and naughtiness / Daniel Brown
- Fragments out of place : homology and the logic of nonsense in Edward Lear / Anna Henchman
- 'The owl and the pussy-cat', and other poems of love and marriage / Daniel Karlin
- Paying with letters : Lear's episthilarity / Hugh Haughton
- The sense and nonsense of weariness : Edward Lear and Gertrude Stein read Tennyson / Anna Barton
- T. S. Eliot plays Edward Lear / Anne Stillman
- 'Now listen, Mr Leer!' : Joyce's Lear / Adam Piette
- Auden's Lear / Seamus Perry
- Drawing away from Lear : Stevie Smith's deceitful echo / Will May
- Edward Lear's contribution to British psychoanalysis / Adam Phillips
- Edward Lear, John Ashberry, and the pleasant surprise / Stephen Ross.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 8, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-177952-0
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