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Edward Lear's Feelings: Wonder

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This programme examines different meanings of 'wonder' in Lear - as both a positive and a negative emotion, and as something in between. It studies his paintings alongside his nonsense, and closes with a reading of his poem 'Some Incidents in the Life of My Uncle Arly'.

Date Published: 15 February 2019
Contributors:
Matthew Bevis, Jasmine Jagger
In Collection(s): Edward Lear
Keywords:
Wondering, wandering, sublimity, biography
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Edward Lear's Feelings: Wonder by Matthew Bevis, Jasmine Jagger at https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/edward-lears-feelings-wonder. Published on 15 February 2019. Accessed on 22 December 2024.

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