Edward Lear as Victorian Modernist

Edward Lear as Victorian Modernist offers a bold new reading of Lear's limericks as foundational works of literary modernism. By grounding interpretation in both biography and cultural context, this monograph repositions Lear not as an outlier but as a key figure in the genealogy of modernist expression.

Thomas Dilworth is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Windsor, Senior Honorary David Jones Research Fellow, formerly a Killam Fellow, H.D. Fellow (Yale), and a winner of the British Council Prize in the Humanities. He is the author of over 150 articles and chapters, and editor, co-editor, or author of a dozen books, most recently the author of David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet-five-times chosen Book of the Year in the TLS.

Introduction 1 Autobiographs 2 3 Punning 4 Society and Self 5 Ideation 6 Basics 7 Sexing the Limerick 8 Abstracts 9 Conclusion