Edward Lear (Poetry for Young People) - Couverture souple

Lear, Edward (1812-1888)

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0439397340 ISBN 13 : 9780439397346

Editeur : Various publishers, ca.1997, 1997

Synopsis

The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear The classic collection of nonsense by the greatest nonsensicalist of all time, Edward Lear - inventor of the limerick, and creator of the "Jumblies" and "The Owl and the Pussy Cat". Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Misunderstood by his peers and plagued by loneliness and low self-esteem, Edward Lear spent much of his time in the company of children, composing poems and songs for their amusement. In a detailed introduction, Mendelson looks at Lear's serious and silly sides before selecting 15 limericks and 18 longer poems by the 19th-century wordsmith. With useful commentary on each poem and fabulous, swirling illustrations by Laura Huliska-Beit, this book is the perfect introduction to the nonsensical world of Edward Lear.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Academic editor Edward Mendelson is the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia and has taught at Harvard and Yale. He has numerous books and articles to his credit, has won such prestigious grants as the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and is Literary Executor of the estate of poet W.H. Auden. Illustrator Laura Huliska-Beith graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute. She currently lives in Kansas City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Various publishers, ca.1997
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0439397340
• ISBN 13: 9780439397346
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1