Literature of nonsense
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How do philosophical accusations of talking nonsense relate to the layperson’s notions of meaning and meaningfulness? If one were to explain carefully what philosophical nonsense was supposed to be, would one be greeted with... more
The classical Chinese novel had to undertake an arduous journey before it reached the hands of the English-speaking readership. This "journey to the West" will be studied on the example of the novel "Xiyou ji" 西遊記 ("Pilgrimage (or... more
In a unique and innovative approach, the present book wishes to examine the rich, yet apparently peripheral tradition of nonsense language, by focusing on the sometimes marginal genre of nonsense verse. The object of the study is to... more
1. I begin not with a work of literature but with a personal experience. One morning a couple of years ago, I went into my local post office to post a package and saw someone I recognised, a heavily bearded man who lived in one of the... more
Esta tesis presenta una lectura de los dos últimos libros de Silvina Ocampo, Y así sucesivamente (1987) y Cornelia frente al espejo (1988), a partir del interés central y aún inexplorado que los relatos de estos volúmenes manifiestan por... more
Buddhas don't practice nonsense» Bodhidharma, VI sec. I. Prendere sul serio la poesia comica Nulla esige una lettura seria più di un testo che non ha senso. O meglio, nulla esige una lettura seria più di un testo che sembra non avere... more
Anthologies of poetry, whether they contain a single genre or cover a particular period of time, have a strong tradition in the UK and in the USA. This paper will focus on anthologies of nonsense literature written in the twentieth... more
in "Recipe... Pratiche mediche, cosmetiche e culinarie attraverso i testi (secc. XIV-XVI), a cura di E. Treccani e M. Zaccarello, Verona, Cierre, 2012, pp. 115-154
A discussion of the challenges in translating the accompanying four sonnets by the 15th-century barber-poet Domenico di Giovanni, better known as Il Burchiello. Published in Metamorphoses, available Oct. 2015 in hard copy.
It's nonsense, but within that, Lewis Carroll's logic in this example strictly follows the logic of Edward Lear's nonsense. This is about the "Banker's" face after his encounter with the Bandersnatch in the chapter "The Banker's Fate" in... more
La glorïosa fama di Davitti che Minerva cantò con dolci versi, sendo gli Ebrei spiriti perversi dal malvagio Fiton morsi e trafitti. 4 E perché e granchi son miglior rifritti, pietà mi venne e sì gli ricopersi in Galilëa ubi Petro spersi... more
This paper offers a Bakhtinian analysis of Edward Lear’s limericks to reveal how from a dialogic perspective, the polyphony within the limericks draws readers’ attention to the ways language is used to construct, convey, and deconstruct... more
This is my assumption: In Lewis Carroll's and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark", the "Baker" is an allusion to (among others) Thomas Cranmer. And his forgotten forty-two boxes are an allusion to Thomas Cranmers Forty-Two... more
A small tribute to Edward Lear, the other master of nonsense verse
How do philosophical accusations of talking nonsense relate to the layperson’s notions of meaning and meaningfulness? If one were to explain carefully what philosophical nonsense was supposed to be, would one be greeted with... more
Instituto de Estudios Criticos en Humanidades de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario y de CONICET
There are obvious problems with the idea of translating nonsense or, for that matter, with paraphrasing it. Whatever may be the case with literary nonsense, they have been largely ignored with respect to (supposed) philosophical... more
A review of Alec Guinness' reading of Lewis Carroll's classic poem.
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A court trial sceene by Henry Holiday in an illustration to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark". Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) did not want Henry Holiday to depict the Snark in the illustrations. But Dodgson accepted... more
La crítica e investigadora rosarina plantea que el lugar común que identifica a la literatura de Ocampo como fantástica resulta un pretexto tranquilizador: "Los relatos de Ocampo se definen menos por los tópicos y procedimientos que... more
The animation is visible - in http://www.snrk.de (small) - in http://www.snrk.de/Noseflip2048.gif (large) - and in the downloaded file https://www.academia.edu/attachments/36499929/download_file?st=MTczNDIzMTM1MiwzLjIzLjEwMi4xMjQ%3D& only (not in the preview). It shows... more
In this essay I examine how Raymond Roussel and Fernando Pessoa extract a poetics of nonsense from the limitations of language’s signifying potential. From the peculiar self-reflexive rhythm(s) of their work I draw the speculation that... more
This paper offers a Bakhtinian analysis of Edward Lear’s limericks to reveal how from a dialogic perspective, the polyphony within the limericks draws readers’ attention to the ways language is used to construct, convey, and deconstruct... more
Este trabajo presenta una lectura de los ensayos de Sergio Cueto sobre el nonsense a partir del modo en que se configura en ellos el movimiento de la resistencia a/de la teoría (de Man 1990). Se propone la hipótesis de que estos ensayos... more
The "Billiard-marker" in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark"
Il 16 dicembre 2014 si è celebrato presso l’Accademia Nazionale di San Luca il centenario della nascita di Toti Scialoja (1914-1998), pittore, poeta, scenografo e critico d’arte. La sua lunga carriera pittorica – dispiegatasi lungo un... more
I consider the dispute, not with a view to reaching a final verdict, but for the light it sheds on the notion of philosophical nonsense. How does it look to a sceptic about philosophical nonsense? It is generally agreed that the... more
Archive: http://www.snrk.de/SnarkHunt_PDFs.7z (247 MiB) is a collection for off-line reading of my assumptions (PDF articles) on Henry Holiday's allusions in Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark". The 7z archive contains the PDFs... more
Artykuł stanowi próbę zdefiniowania pojęć tragizmu, absurdu i paradoksu, terminów kluczowych według niemieckiego eseisty Waltera Hilsbechera. Jest to zadanie trudne i ciekawe zarazem, głównie z uwagi na fakt, że pojęcia będące przed... more
This article focuses on some typically Polish literary contexts fundamental for the intertextual humour of Zielona Gęś (The Green Goose, also known as The Smallest Theater in the World) by K.I. Gałczyński, a writer who helped create a new... more
An exploration of Anushka Ravishankar's early body of nonsense literature.
In Humoresques 36 (Automne 2012) : 99-110.
In Henry Holiday's illustrations to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" you can find a Bellman, a Baker, a Barrister, a Billiard-marker, a Banker, a maker of Bonnets and Hoods, a Broker, a Butcher and a Beaver. Carroll also... more
Two details: [left]: Depiction of "the Butcher" in an illustration by Henry Holiday to the 5th fit in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark (1876). [right]: "The Boyhood of Raleigh" by J. E. Millais (1869). --- The comparison is based... more
Un libro de poemas que se hacen solos. Con esa fórmula seductora definió César Aira, en su ensayo sobre Edward Lear (2004), al procedimiento semi-mecánico de creación de los limericks, una forma poética con límites bien claros, cuyas... more
I consider the dispute, not with a view to reaching a final verdict, but for the light it sheds on the notion of philosophical nonsense. How does it look to a sceptic about philosophical nonsense? It is generally agreed that the... more
IncidentalSnarkhunter.pdf was about how I got into Snark hunting. It was a PDF file made from http://www.ipernity.com/doc/goetzkluge/34431511. But as that file is not so important (and the hyperlinks did not work), I removed it from... more
This essay attempts to understand Tagore’s Shey, published in Bengali in 1937, by unravelling the ideology, the language and the design that fashion the text, and the larger cultural purpose embedded in its specific aesthetics.