The Edinburgh Companion to Nonsense

Provides a wide-ranging account of the different disciplinary, critical and theoretical contexts relevant to the study of nonsense Includes new perspectives on canonical nonsense worksOffers a provocative revaluation of theories and definitions of nonsense, urging an understanding of the term as relevant to a broad range of cultural forms and textsIncludes essays by a collection of internationally recognised scholars working on nonsense and related fieldsAims to set the agenda for nonsense schol