Field of Nonsense (Dalkey Archive Scholarly)
Current price:
$16.00
Publication Date: November 27th, 2015
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN:
9781628971293
Pages:
197
Description
This magnificent and witty study by an unrecognized innovator seeks to define and explore the nature of "nonsense" in literature. Relying mainly on readings of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Elizabeth Sewell not only sets out plausible boundaries for what or does not constitutes gibberish, but elucidates just how much of what is considered "sensible" writing must rely on nonsense for its power. Comparable only to the greatest works of Viktor Shklovsky, The Field of Nonsense is a masterpiece of American literary criticism.
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