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Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs
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Actor Nicholas Parsons delves into the work of Edward Lear, a 19th century English poet and illustrator who pioneered illustrative poetry and fiction. Lear's nonsensical poems are considered unconv...
Actor Nicholas Parsons delves into the work of Edward Lear, a 19th century English poet and illustrator who pioneered illustrative poetry and fiction. Lear's nonsensical poems are considered unconventional, forward thinking, melancholy, and are meticulously illustrated with both highly realistic and inventive artwork.
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- Creator
- DCD Media (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : DCD Media (Firm), [2015]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (28 min., 58 sec.)) : color and sound
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn948553968
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on February 17, 2016.
- Originally released by DCD Media (Firm), 2015.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction to Edward Lear (2:00) -- The Owl and the Pussycat Lull of Linguistics (3:22) -- Childhood Reflections (2:15) -- Lear as An Illustrator (2:48) -- Melancholy Fool (2:38) -- Taxonomy and Botany (2:14) -- Roots of Nonsense (3:48) -- Children's Pleasures (2:27) -- Picture-Poems (3:26) -- Credits: Edward Lear's Nonsense Songs: The Secret Life of Books (Series 2) (1:04)