nonsense literature, english

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Covers English comic verse including nonsense, parody, and comic satire.

Presents all of "nonsense" poet Edward Lear's limericks and other poems along with his many of his illustrated alphabets, stories, and letters, and includes a biographical introduction, a chronology, a further reading list, and W. H. Auden's verse tribute to the author.