TY - BOOK ID - 1928703 TI - Philosophy of nonsense: the intuitions of Victorian nonsense literature PY - 1994 SN - 0415076536 0415076528 1138175633 0203025725 128033214X 9780203025727 9780415076531 9780415076524 9786610332144 6610332142 9781134902415 1134902417 9781134902361 1134902360 9781134902408 1134902409 9781138175631 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - Littérature anglaise KW - --XIXe s., KW - Nonsense KW - --Carroll, Lewis pseudonyme de Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898) KW - Œuvre KW - --Langage KW - --Philosophie KW - --Nonsense literature, English KW - 5340 KW - History and criticism KW - Theory, etc KW - 820-7 KW - 820 "18" KW - Engelse literatuur: humor; satire KW - Engelse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - 820 "18" Engelse literatuur--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 KW - 820-7 Engelse literatuur: humor; satire KW - Nonsense literature, English KW - English nonsense literature KW - Nonsense literature, English, [etc.] KW - British literature KW - Inklings (Group of writers) KW - Nonsense Club (Group of writers) KW - Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) KW - History and criticism&delete& KW - --Carroll, Lewis, KW - Theory, etc. KW - XIXe s., 1801-1900 KW - Langage KW - Philosophie KW - Nonsense literature, English - History and criticism - Theory, etc KW - English literature - 19th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc KW - Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 KW - LITTERATURE ANGLAISE KW - NON-SENS (PHILOSOPHIE) KW - LITTERATURE NONSENSIQUE (NON-SENS) KW - 19E SIECLE KW - HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE KW - THEORIE, ETC. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1928703 AB - '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 ER -