This programme introduces Lear and outlines the structure of the programmes.
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Each episode will take on a different emotion or affect - wonder, disgust, laughter, tears - and offer some approaches to Lear by looking at how his feelings become entwined with his words, his pictures, and his thoughts.
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Written and presented by Matthew Bevis and Jasmine Jagger. This series of 4 short programmes considers the life and achievements of Edward Lear and studies how the poet's feelings are explored in his work. The series showcases the astonishing range of Lear's abilities by looking at his nonsense writing alongside many other forms of expression (letters, diaries, drawings, and paintings).
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