Edward Lear: The Cretan Journal. Third Revised Edition

Lear, Edward

ISBN 10: 9607120299 / ISBN 13: 9789607120298

Edité par Denise Harvey (Publisher), 2012

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This third edition has been completely re-set, and includes some additional illustrations. The Introduction and Bibliography have been updated and two Appendices, which trace and list Lear's Cretan drawings and watercolours, have been added. Edited and with an Introduction by Rowena Fowler When Edward Lear set off from Corfu for Crete in April 1864, it was in no very optimistic frame of mind. For the last nine years Corfu had been his winter home but after half a century of British rule the island had been ceded to Greece and Lear felt obliged to move. His livelihood required an immediate expedition to new scenes and he probably assumed that another book of Mediterranean travels would be likely to sell. So it was that he chose Crete. This journey of his travels through the island is a detailed and sometimes minute-by-minute commentary on the landscape of Crete and a record of the ups and downs, physical and mental of an artist travelling on foot over difficult terrain, written in Lear's own inimitable style. (Large format, with many water-colours and sketches.) Edited and with an Introduction by Rowena Fowler 124 pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Edward Lear: The Cretan Journal. Third Revised Edition
• Éditeur: Denise Harvey (Publisher)
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9607120299
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789607120298
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 3rd Edition
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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When Edward Lear set off from Corfu for Crete in April 1964, it was in no very optimistic frame of mind. For the last nine years Corfu had been his winter home but after half a century of British rule the island had been ceded to Greece and Lear felt obliged to move. His livelihood required an immediate expedition to new scenes and he probably assumed that another book of Mediterranean travels would be likely to sell. So it was he chose Crete. This journal of his travels through the island — now updated and re-issued in paperback to mark the bi-centenary of Lear's birth — is a detailed and sometimes minute minute-by-minute commentary on the landscape of Crete and a record of the ups and downs, physical and mental, of an artist travelling on foot over diffit terrain, written in Lear's own inimitable style. As this text is from the original diary and not an emended and 'polished' version prepared by Lear himself for publication, it possesses a spontaneous and uncensored quality that is often missing from his other travel books. Similarly, the majority of the original drawings as reproduced in this book, which were not intended for publication or sale, have a lightness ad a freshness that capture the outlines and colours of a partiar landscape. Together with Rowena Fowler's introduction and comprehensive notes, the journal gives us a delightful personal glimpse of Edward Lear the man, his world, and 19th century Crete, then still under Turkish rule. This third edition has been completely re-set, and includes some additional illustrations. The Introduction and Bibliography have been updated and two Appendices, which trace and list Lear's Cretan drawings and watercolours, have been added.