Peter Levi

Edward Lear

A Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gregarious and popular, Lear had a wide circle of friends, but was often lonely and subject to frequent bouts of depression and debilitating epilepsy, the shame of which he struggled with all his life. Lear belonged to the great tradition of adventurous British travellers, undertaking extensive journeys in Italy and Greece, in Albania, Turkey.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781780765693
• ISBN-10: 178076569X
• Artikelnr.: 37631367

Autorenporträt

Peter Levi

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations 'How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear'
Foreword by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
INTRODUCTION
1. BOYHOOD
2. THE PAINTER OF BIRDS
3. THE LITHOGRAPHER
4. INTIMATE INTERLUDES
5. ITALY
6. SOUTHERN ITALY
7. A TASTE OF GREEK LANDS
8. LEAR AT FORTY
9. CORFU
10. THE DEATH OF ANN
11. GREECE
12. CRETE
13. SUCCESS
14. THE HOUSE AT SAN REMO
15. TO SEA IN A SIEVE
16. INDIA
17. THE FALL OF A HOUSE OF CARDS
18. THE VILLA TENNYSON
19. THE DEATH OF EDWARD
Appendix A: The plants in Lear's garden
Appendix B: Children of Jeremiah Lear and Ann Skerritt
Notes and References
Bibliography