Philosophy of Nonsense

Why are we, in particular 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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