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

Name: All Puns Intended
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9781900755528
Price: 8200 KES
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ISBN: 9781900755528

by Walter Redfern

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1900755521

ISBN-13 9781900755528

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Legenda

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 31st, 2001

Print length 198 Pages

Weight 620 grams

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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This is an examination of the writing of Jean-Pierre Brisset, highlighting his manipulation of French language to explore a range of themes including the nature of literary madness, the phenomenon of deadpan humour, and the place of institutional religion in Brisset's rewriting of the creation.

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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