All Puns Intended: The Verbal Creation of Jean-Pierre Brisset - Brossura

Redfern, Walter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1900755521 ISBN 13: 9781900755528

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

The 19th century in France spawned numerous 'fous litteraires, one of them being Jean-Pierre Brisset (1837-1919). An individualist among individualists, he dismantled the existing French tongue, reshaping it to suit his own grandiose purposes, which were to explain afresh the development of human beings (from frogs) and of their language (from croaks). Continuous and ubiquitous punning was a unique feature of his writing. In this study, Redfern examines such themes as the nature of literary madness, the phenomenon of deadpan humour, the role of analogy, and the place of institutional religion in Brisset's creative rewriting of the creation.

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Walter Redfern

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1900755521
• ISBN 13: 9781900755528
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 198
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania