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Friday, June 07, 2002
The Earl & the Pussycat, exhibition at the Walker Gallery in Liverpool
Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) was one of the most prominent natural historians of his day. ‘The Earl & the Pussycat’ exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of the death of this remarkable man, whose outstanding zoological collections founded Liverpool Museum.
[In this page you can see a very small reproduction of Holman Hunt's portrait of EL.]
the Walker - National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside
posted by Marco Graziosi Friday, June 07, 2002
Wednesday, June 05, 2002
Edward Lear, The Owl and the Pussy-cat
From Lloyd Schwartz's Introduction: 'In Lear's best-loved poem, "The Owl and the Pussy-cat," the logic underlying the fantasy is an emotional trueness.'
This regular column in the online version of the Atlantic Monthly presents an introduction to a poem with readings in RealAudio; in this case the readers are Gail Mazur, Lloyd Schwartz, and Richard Wilbur.
Atlantic Unbound | Soundings | 2002.05.30
posted by Marco Graziosi Wednesday, June 05, 2002
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