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In The Sound of Nonsense, Richard Elliott highlights the importance of sound in understanding the 'nonsense' of writers such as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, James Joyce and Mervyn Peake, before connecting this noisy writing to works which engage more directly with sound, including sound poetry, experimental music and pop. By emphasising sonic factors, Elliott makes new and fascinating connections between a wide range of artistic examples to ultimately build a case for the importance of sound in creating, maintaining and disrupting meaning. Review Taking a literary and musical path - Lear and Carroll, literary modernism, translation, sonic art and pop records - Richard Elliott provides a sensible view of the nonsensical. Formed of much wordy noise, copious theory lightly handled, and palpable fondness in the writing, The Sound of Nonsense  is a quietly provocative manifesto on nonsense's behalf. Dai Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in Music, Oxford Brookes University, UK Elliott's  Sound of Nonsense  is a deliciously noisy book, a lively sonic romp that enjoins its readers to be enjoyed aloud. It chants and enchants us through realms of utterance shaped by astonishingly diverse artists in

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Author

Richard Elliott, Michael Bull

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501324581

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Sociology, Philosophy