Customer Reviews (1)

Mediocre poetry, Redundant illustrations
The best thing about this book was that it introduced me to Edward Lear.Everything else was so-so which here means lacked creativity and bored me.My favorite parts were the prose introduction, the explanations of the material for the poetry, and the timeline. ... Read more

Book Description
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. ... Read more