LEADER 04050cam 2200601 i 4500001 on1023054673 003 OCoLC 005 20190124161200.1 008 180502t20192019mauaf b 001 0beng c 010 2018015474 020 9780674971158 |q(hardcover |qalkaline paper) 020 0674971159 |q(hardcover |qalkaline paper) 024 8 99978963055 024 8 40028658640 035 (Sirsi) 40028835196 035 40028835196 035 (OCoLC)1023054673 037 15152112 040 MH/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dBDX |dOCLCF |dHLS |dYDX |dOCLCO |dTYC |dYUS |dGK8 |dMUU |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 e-uk--- 050 00 PR4879.L2 |bZ75 2019 082 00 700.92 |223 100 1 Lodge, Sara |q(Sara J.), |eauthor. |=^A1372177 245 10 Inventing Edward Lear / |cSara Lodge. 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bHarvard University Press, |c2019. 264 4 |c©2019 300 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations (some color) ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 An original and lively account of one of the most influential figures of the Victorian age. Edward Lear wrote some of the best-loved poems in English, including "The Owl and the Pussycat," but the father of nonsense was far more than a poet. He was a naturalist, a brilliant landscape painter, an experimental travel writer, and an accomplished composer. Sara Lodge presents the fullest account yet of Lear's passionate engagement in the intellectual, social, and cultural life of his times. Lear had a difficult start in life. He was epileptic, asthmatic, and depressive, but even as a child a consummate performer who projected himself into others' affections. He became, by John James Audubon's estimate, one of the greatest ornithological artists of the age. Queen Victoria--an admirer--chose him to be her painting teacher. He popularized the limerick, set Tennyson's verse to music, and opened fresh doors for children and adults to share fantasies of magical escape. Lodge draws on diaries, letters, and new archival sources to paint a vivid picture of Lear that explores his musical influences, his religious nonconformity, his relationship with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, and the connections between his scientific and artistic work. He invented himself as a character: awkward but funny, absurdly sympathetic. In Lodge's hands, Lear emerges as a dynamic and irreverent polymath whose conversation continues to draw us in. Inventing Edward Lear is an original and moving account of one of the most intriguing and creative of all Victorians.--Provided by publsher. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-424) and index. 505 0 Returning to Lear: music and memory -- Nonsense and nonconformity -- Queer beasts -- Dreamwork: Lear's visual language -- Inventing Edward Lear. 600 10 Lear, Edward, |d1812-1888. |=^A35118 600 17 Lear, Edward, |d1812-1888. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00039994 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 Authors, English |y19th century |vBiography. |=^A435590 650 0 Artists |zGreat Britain |vBiography. |=^A461891 650 0 Natural history illustrators |zGreat Britain |vBiography. |=^A310482 650 0 Arts, Victorian |zGreat Britain. |=^A92280 650 7 Artists. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00817559 650 7 Arts, Victorian. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00818259 650 7 Authors, English. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00821945 650 7 Natural history illustrators. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01034336 651 7 Great Britain. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204623 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 655 7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 949 |i30372016668649 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s29.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5046180