Edward Lear

by James Williams

Book Overview

Edward Lear wrote a well-known autobiographical poem that begins 'How pleasant to know Mr Lear ' But how well do we really know him? On the one hand he is, in John Ashbery's words, 'one of the most popular poets who ever lived'; on the other hand he has often been overlooked or marginalized by scholars and in literary histories. James Williams's account, the first book-length critical study of the poet since the 1980s, sets out to re-introduce Lear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0746312210
• ISBN13: 9780746312216
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"