Edward Lear as Victorian Modernist: The Illustrated Limericks

By Thomas Dilworth

Edward Lear as Victorian Modernist offers a bold new reading of Lear's limericks as foundational works of literary modernism. By grounding interpretation in both biography and cultural context, this monograph repositions Lear not as an outlier but as a key figure in the genealogy of modernist expression.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1041145721
• ISBN13: 9781041145721
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"