Mr. Lear: A Life Of Art And Nonsense
by Jenny Uglow /
2018 / English / EPUB
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A sparkling biography of the poet and artist Edward Lear by
the award-winning biographer Jenny Uglow
A sparkling biography of the poet and artist Edward Lear by
the award-winning biographer Jenny Uglow
We know Edward Lear as a genius of nonsense, full of shocks and
surprises, and as a poet of strange loves―“The Owl and the
Pussy-Cat,” “The Dong with a Luminous Nose.” We may know him,
too, for his paintings of parrots and owls, or for his luminous
landscapes. But do we know that he taught Queen Victoria to draw,
traveled alone across the wild Albanian mountains, and waded
through muddy fields with Tennyson?
We know Edward Lear as a genius of nonsense, full of shocks and
surprises, and as a poet of strange loves―“The Owl and the
Pussy-Cat,” “The Dong with a Luminous Nose.” We may know him,
too, for his paintings of parrots and owls, or for his luminous
landscapes. But do we know that he taught Queen Victoria to draw,
traveled alone across the wild Albanian mountains, and waded
through muddy fields with Tennyson?
Lear lived all his life on the borders of rules and structures,
of disciplines and desires. Children adored him and adults loved
him, yet somehow he was always alone. In this beautiful volume, a
fresh and joyful appreciation by the award-winning and
compulsively readable Jenny Uglow, we follow Lear from his
troubled childhood to his striving as an artist, tracking his
swooping moods, passionate friendships, and restless travels.
And, as we travel with him, his “nonsenses” are elegantly
unpicked―without losing any of their fun.
Lear lived all his life on the borders of rules and structures,
of disciplines and desires. Children adored him and adults loved
him, yet somehow he was always alone. In this beautiful volume, a
fresh and joyful appreciation by the award-winning and
compulsively readable Jenny Uglow, we follow Lear from his
troubled childhood to his striving as an artist, tracking his
swooping moods, passionate friendships, and restless travels.
And, as we travel with him, his “nonsenses” are elegantly
unpicked―without losing any of their fun.