Before Lear could travel the globe—he became a ceaseless wanderer later in his career—he relied on the local zoo and private menageries for exotic subjects collected from far-off places. After the ...

A personal reflection on poetry—from the harsh truths of Philip Larkin to the whimsical absurdity of Edward Lear, and the ...

On the bicentennial of his birth, Edward Lear is celebrated for his whimsical poetry and his stunningly accurate scientific illustrations. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant ...

Much childhoodâ and adultâ delight can be attributed to a certain Edward Lear who ... illustrations by the poet himself. As ...