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Edward Lear was perhaps the founder of that school of English humor which is distinct from the school represented by Hood or Thackeray, and found its most elaborate exemplification in the works of Lewis Carroll. It may in truth be styled the Nonsense School, to which many of Punch* contributors belong at the present day. The works of Lear and his followers are delightful and refreshing. To use Johnsons phrase, they add to the gaiety of nations by their reckless absurdity, underlain by a streak of subtle fancy. They are written without purpose and their very irresponsibility adds to the feeling of carnival elation with which they fill, as by a momentary flash of light, the mind of the reader
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:57:38 +0000

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