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Edward Lear (1812–1888)

Autor(a) de The Owl and the Pussycat (Jan Brett)

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About the Author

Edward Lear was born in Holloway, England, to Jeremiah (a stockbroker) and Ann Lear, tutored at home by his sister, and briefly attended the Royal Academy schools. Both an author and an illustrator, he earned his living as an artist from the age of 15, mainly by doing landscapes. What he is mostrar mais remembered for is his nonsense books, especially his popularization of the limerick. Along with Lewis Carroll, he is considered to be the founder of nonsense poetry. In addition to his limericks, he created longer nonsense poems. The best---and best known---is The Jumblies, in which the title characters go to sea in a sieve; it is a brilliant, profound, silly, and sad expression of the need to leave the security of the known world and experience the wonder and danger of the unknown. His other most notable work is The Owl and the Pussy Cat, a less complex poem whose title characters also go to sea. Lear produced humorous alphabets and botany books as well. His wordplay, involving puns, neologisms, portmanteau words, and anticlimax, retains its vitality today and has influenced such contemporary writers of children's nonsense verse as Shel Silverstein, Ogden Nash, and Laura Richards (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Engraved by Andrew from a photograph taken in San Remo, by Roncarolo.

Obras por Edward Lear

The Owl and the Pussycat (Jan Brett) (1991) 1,526 exemplares
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1947) 1,258 exemplares
A Was Once an Apple Pie (1992) 888 exemplares
A Book of Nonsense (1846) 676 exemplares
An Edward Lear Alphabet (1952) 247 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (1870) 229 exemplares
The Quangle Wangle's Hat (1876) 220 exemplares
The Jumblies (1968) 207 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Galdone] (1987) 140 exemplares
Nonsense Poems (1994) 128 exemplares
Nonsense Songs (1907) 122 exemplares
Edward Lears Nonsense Omnibus (1910) 122 exemplares
The Scroobious Pip (1776) 101 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Beck] (1995) 93 exemplares
Edward Lear's Nonsense Books (1960) 93 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat (1991) 78 exemplares
The Dong with a Luminous Nose (1969) 73 exemplares
Nonsense Verse of Edward Lear (1984) 65 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Hague] (1995) 58 exemplares
The Nonsense Poems of Edward Lear (1991) 48 exemplares
Nonsense Songs and Stories (1984) 45 exemplares
The Pobble Who Has No Toes (1968) 42 exemplares
Gorey x 3 (1953) — Autor — 41 exemplares
Owls and Pussycats (1988) 39 exemplares
Nonsense! (1998) 38 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Berg] (1964) 34 exemplares
The Duck and the Kangaroo (2009) 28 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Wilson] (2003) 26 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Fulton] (1977) 26 exemplares
Edward Lear : selected letters (1988) — Autor; Autor — 24 exemplares
Teapots and Quails (1953) 24 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat (2008) 22 exemplares
ABC (1986) 21 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Sewal] (1967) 19 exemplares
The New Vestments (1970) 17 exemplares
Il libro dei nonsense (1970) 17 exemplares
Limericks (1965) 16 exemplares
Of Pelicans and Pussycats (1990) 16 exemplares
Whizz! (1973) 15 exemplares
Nonsense Alphabets (1975) 15 exemplares
A Book of Learned Nonsense (1987) 13 exemplares
Calico Pie and Other Nonsense (1968) 13 exemplares
The Family of Parrots (1997) 13 exemplares
The Table and the Chair ; a Poem (1993) 13 exemplares
Laughable Lyrics (2008) 12 exemplares
The Cretan journal (1984) 12 exemplares
Edward Lear's Nonsense Verse (1964) 11 exemplares
More Nonsense (2008) 11 exemplares
A Book of Lear (1939) 11 exemplares
The Poetry of Edward Lear (2019) 11 exemplares
Two Laughable Lyrics (1966) 9 exemplares
Lear's Nonsense Verses (1967) 9 exemplares
The Two Old Bachelors (1962) 8 exemplares
Adeus, Ponta do Meu Nariz! (2002) 8 exemplares
For Lovers of Cats (1978) 8 exemplares
Owl and the pussycat 7 exemplares
A Selection of Nonsense Verse (2014) 6 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [Muis] (1971) 6 exemplares
So Much Nonsense (2007) 6 exemplares
Sämtliche Limericks. (1988) 5 exemplares
Nonsense Stories and Poems CD (2005) 5 exemplares
Gromboolian Poems (Pichremac) (1983) 5 exemplares
Diario di un viaggio a piedi (2009) 5 exemplares
Edward Lear's Nonsense Birds (2013) 4 exemplares
Nonsense Book (1956) 4 exemplares
Nonsense Alphabet Gb (1973) 4 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [West] (1988) 4 exemplares
Two famous nonsense stories (1973) 3 exemplares
Edward Lear: Moment to Moment (2022) 3 exemplares
Edward Lear's Cats (2020) 3 exemplares
Nonsense Stories and Alphabets (1910) 3 exemplares
Edward Lear's Tennyson (1988) 3 exemplares
Fabuleario (1993) 3 exemplares
Bosh and Nonsense (1982) 3 exemplares
A Coruja, o Gato e os Filhotes (2014) 2 exemplares
Animal Songs (Door Hanger Book) (1999) 2 exemplares
Edward Lear's Indian Journal (1953) 2 exemplares
The Book of Nonsense (2015) 2 exemplares
Edward Lear in Corsica (1966) 2 exemplares
a book of limericks (2015) 2 exemplares
El Omnibus, Sin Sentido (1972) 2 exemplares
The Owl and the Pussycat [King] (1975) 2 exemplares
Edward Lear : selected poems (1997) 2 exemplares
Calico Pie 2 exemplares
EDWARD LEAR'S NONSENSE SONGS (1965) 2 exemplares
bon appétit ! (2007) 2 exemplares
Книги нонсенса (2001) 2 exemplares
Lir Edvard. Chistyy nonsense (2016) 2 exemplares
Disparatario (2002) 2 exemplares
Owl & Pussy Cat *Exp* Lear E (1996) 2 exemplares
Kniga bez smysla (2007) 1 exemplar
Sverchok na nosu (2017) 1 exemplar
Phantastische Reise (1973) 1 exemplar
Gleanings from the menagerie and aviary at Knowsley Hall (1846) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar
Learicks 1 exemplar
Limerickar (2022) 1 exemplar
LIMERICKS BY LEAR. 1 exemplar
Un livre a-sensé (2009) 1 exemplar
A Bit of Nonsense (2005) 1 exemplar
BUHO Y LA GATITA EL (1997) 1 exemplar
Lear Omnibus, The 1 exemplar
Lear Alphabet 1 exemplar
Limericks; verses 1 exemplar
De Uil en de Poes 1 exemplar
Poèmes sans sens (1993) 1 exemplar
Nonsense Verses (2019) 1 exemplar
Complete Nonsense 1 exemplar
The Birds of Edward Lear (1975) 1 exemplar
NONSENSE SONGS. (1939) 1 exemplar
Nonsense Songs (1965) 1 exemplar

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A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems (1961) — Contribuidor — 524 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contribuidor, algumas edições502 exemplares
The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature, Volumes 1-2 (1955) — Contribuidor — 457 exemplares
World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Contribuidor — 447 exemplares
A Pocket Book of Modern Verse (1954) — Contribuidor, algumas edições443 exemplares
In the Nursery (1932) — Contribuidor — 285 exemplares
The Lure of the Limerick (1964) — Ilustrador — 271 exemplares
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Contribuidor — 249 exemplares
The Literary Cat (1977) — Contribuidor — 241 exemplares
The New Junior Classics Volume 02: Stories of Wonder and Magic (1912) — Contribuidor — 200 exemplares
Best Remembered Poems (1992) — Contribuidor — 157 exemplares
Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense (2017) — Ilustrador — 153 exemplares
The Faber Book of Beasts (1997) — Contribuidor — 140 exemplares
Poems of Early Childhood (Childcraft) (1923) — Contribuidor — 118 exemplares
The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contribuidor — 114 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 17 (1959) 76 exemplares
The Everyman Anthology of Poetry for Children (1994) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 03 (1957) 67 exemplares
Best in Children's Books 38 (1960) 66 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997) — Contribuidor — 62 exemplares
The Nile: The Blue Nile & The White Nile (1966) — Artista da capa — 49 exemplares
A Golden Land (1958) — Contribuidor; Ilustrador — 42 exemplares
366 Goodnight Stories (1963) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
A Book of Nonsense (1956) — Contribuidor — 34 exemplares
Art for Children (Childcraft) (1954) — Ilustrador — 33 exemplares
Journeys Through Bookland - Volume I (1909) — Autor, algumas edições30 exemplares
A Book of Nonsense (1927) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
100 Story Poems (1951) — Contribuidor — 20 exemplares
Bright Red (1994) — Compositor — 15 exemplares
Poems of Magic and Spells (1960) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Graphic Classics: Canine/Feline Classics (2014) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3, November 1974 (1974) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Cats: Fifteen Complete Stories and Poems (1998) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Galaxy (1970) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Edward Lear (Holloway 1812-Sanremo 1888) — Fotógrafo — 1 exemplar
Eureka: Poetry and criticism, March 1974, vol.6 no.3 (1974) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Eureka: Poetry and criticism, December 1974, vol.6 no.14 (1974) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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Edward Lear almost never fails to put a smile on my face. Though, his recipes are rather vicious...

"When the paste is perfectly dry, but not before, proceed to beat the Pig violently, with the handle of a large broom. If he squeals, beat him again." - Quote from TO MAKE GOSKY PATTIES
 
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eurydactyl | 18 outras críticas | Jul 20, 2023 |
A delightful book of nonsensical poems. Many will probably know of The Owl and the Pussy Cat, given that the poem was given beautiful illustrations by Jan Brett (although the illustrations in this book are lovely as well. The poems in the book have a wonderful singsong quality to them that makes them fun to read and I think would delight kids. The only issue is that the book does show its age some with depictions of POC. It's only one poem, but the depiction was a bit insensitive for my taste. Overall, most of the poems are fun to read and have a sense of adventure to them. An additional bonus is that you can read it for free on Project Gutenburg!… (mais)
 
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AvidLearner | 2 outras críticas | Jul 4, 2023 |
It is the illustrations that make me love this version best.
 
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Eurekas | 6 outras críticas | Apr 12, 2023 |
Many of the Limericks are fun, notably those featuring Birds,

but this is not a book for kids or sensitive adults = too much violence, Killing, death, and animal cruelty.
 
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m.belljackson | 18 outras críticas | Oct 19, 2022 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
300
Also by
50
Membros
9,612
Popularidade
#2,494
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
209
ISBN
602
Línguas
19
Marcado como favorito
13

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