Philosophy of Nonsense

The Intuitions of Victorian Nonsense Literature

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book Philosophy of Nonsense by Jean-Jacques Lecercle, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Jean-Jacques Lecercle ISBN: 9781134902408
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Jean-Jacques Lecercle
ISBN: 9781134902408
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 12, 2012
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

'Jean-Jacques Lecercle's remarkable Philosophy of Nonsense offers a sustained and important account of an area that is usually hastily dismissed. Using the resources of contemporary philosophy - notably Deleuze and Lyotard - he manages to bring out the importance of nonsense' - Andrew Benjamin, University of Warwick

Why are we, and in particular why are philosophers and linguists, so fascinated with nonsense? Why do Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear appear in so many otherwise dull and dry academic books? This amusing, yet rigorous new book by Jean-Jacques Lecercle shows how the genre of nonsense was constructed and why it has proved so enduring and enlightening for linguistics and philosophy.

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'Jean-Jacques Lecercle's remarkable Philosophy of Nonsense offers a sustained and important account of an area that is usually hastily dismissed. Using the resources of contemporary philosophy - notably Deleuze and Lyotard - he manages to bring out the importance of nonsense' - Andrew Benjamin, University of Warwick

Why are we, and in particular why are philosophers and linguists, so fascinated with nonsense? Why do Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear appear in so many otherwise dull and dry academic books? This amusing, yet rigorous new book by Jean-Jacques Lecercle shows how the genre of nonsense was constructed and why it has proved so enduring and enlightening for linguistics and philosophy.

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