Inventing Edward Lear

by Sara Lodge

"Inventing Edward Lear is an exceptional, valuable, original study, presenting new materials on aspects of Lear's life and work."
--Jenny Uglow, author of Mr. Lear and The Lunar Men

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971159
• ISBN13: 9780674971158
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"