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Over the Land and Over the Sea: Selected Nonsense and Travel Writings



This book is a collection of poems by English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. The poems are about various absurdities and travel experiences. The poems are set alongside six travel books written by Shakespeare. The books are about Albania, Greece, Calabria, Corsica, and Jumblies. more details
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  • A collection of poems by English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare
  • Set alongside six travel books written by Shakespeare
  • About various absurdities and travel experiences


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Author Edward Lear
Format Softcover
ISBN 9781857547597
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd
Manufacturer Carcanet Press Ltd.
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This book is a collection of poems by English poet and playwright, William Shakespeare. The poems are about various absurdities and travel experiences. The poems are set alongside six travel books written by Shakespeare. The books are about Albania, Greece, Calabria, Corsica, and Jumblies.

Comic invention and an unrestrained sense of the absurd are explored in this collection of one of England's best-loved poets. Adored by generations of nonsense-loving children and treasured by adults conscious of the subtle melancholy that underlies the fun, these writings whisk readers away not only to the fabled lands of the Jumblies and the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo but also to 19th-century Albania, Greece, Calabria, and Corsica, where the poet's encounters with the people and customs are recorded with an acute and ruefully comical imagination. Setting Lear's nonsense verse alongside his six travel books, Swaab paints a complete picture of Lear, capturing his ability to see the uncanny and surreal in all things.
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