Edward Lear and Fantasy

Update: 2021-07-18

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Jasmine Jagger provides a short introduction to Edward Lear. Jasmine Jagger provides a short introduction to Edward Lear, a literary nonsense author whose fanciful limericks and invented words inspired numerous fantasy authors. Dr Jagger lectured at Oxford (Jesus and Lady Margaret Hall), and is now a member of the Department of English and Creative Writing at the University of Roehampton.

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Edward Lear and Fantasy

Jasmine Jagger

Edward Lear and Fantasy