Category Archives: Limerick

Vers nonsensiques (8)

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 19 May 1877, p. 218.

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Vers nonsensiques (7)

Posted on March 9, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 12 May 1877, p. 215.

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Vers nonsensiques (6)

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 5 May 1877, p. 202.

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Vers nonsensiques (5)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 28 April 1877, p. 191.

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Vers nonsensiques (4)

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 31 March 1877, p. 142.

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Vers nonsensiques (3)

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 24 March 1877, p. 130.

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Vers nonsensiques (2)

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 17 March 1877, p. 110.

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Vers nonsensiques (1)

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

I have already discussed a “comic strip” by George Du Maurier, The Egg Poacher: A Tale of Country Life, which appeared in Punch in 1869. A few years later Du Maurier was to prove his literary talent by producing a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

Here are some links to articles on Edward Lear and nonsense for your weekend reading: Francesca Bombassei Gonella. “‘Everything’s Got a Moral, If Only You Can Fint It’: Modernità, interculturalità e sovversione del canone nella letteratura vittoriana per l’infanzia: Lewis … Continue reading →

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Matt Black’s The Nonsense Olympics

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Next year, in case you didn’t notice, will be Edward Lear’s bicentenary as well as the year of the Olympics, so I was not surprised to find a square volume entitled The Nonsense Olympics. A Tribute to Edward Lear by … Continue reading →

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