Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on the Music ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Returning to Lear: Music and Memory 20
6. 2. Nonsense and Nonconformity 88
7. 3. Queer Beasts 141
8. 4. Dreamwork: Lear’s Visual Language 217
9. 5. Inventing Edward Lear 293
10. List of Illustrations 369
11. List of Abbreviations 381
12. Notes 383
13. Acknowledgements 425
14. Index 429