Tarantino, Elisabetta (2009) 'Between Peterborough and Pentecost' : nonsense and sin in William Wager's morality plays. In: Tarantino, Elisabetta and Caruso, Carlo, (eds.) Nonsense and other senses : regulated absurdity in literature. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 55-85. ISBN 9781443810067

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Abstract

This book deals with a topic that is gaining increasing critical attention, the literature of nonsense and absurdity. The volume gathers together twenty-one essays on various aspects of literary nonsense, according to criteria that are deliberately inclusive and eclectic. Its purpose is to offer a gallery of “nonsense practices” in literature across periods and countries, in the conviction that important critical insights can be gained from these juxtapositions. Most of the cases presented here deal with linguistic nonsense, but in a few instances the nonsense operates at the higher level of the interpretation of reality on the part of the subject—or of the impossibility thereof.

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Nonsense literature -- History and criticism.
Publisher:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Place of Publication:	Newcastle Upon Tyne
ISBN:	9781443810067
Book Title:	Nonsense and other senses : regulated absurdity in literature
Editor:	Tarantino, Elisabetta and Caruso, Carlo
Official Date:	June 2009
Dates:	Date Event June 2009 Published
Number of Pages:	434
Page Range:	pp. 55-85
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
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