Edward Lear and the Critics

By Ann C. Colley and Professor Ann C. Colley

Critical response to Lear's literary, journalistic, musical and artistic output.

This book is a history of how critics from the nineteenth century on have regarded Lear's extensive work. The survey includes not only what has been written in Great Britain and North America; it is also includes that which has come out of Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, India and the Ukraine. In addition to offering a chronological sense of the various responses to Lear's work, the book identifies patterns of thought that run through the numerous critical reactions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879751801
• ISBN13: 9781879751804
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.2" x 6.2"