Nonsense literature for children : Aesop to Seuss
Title:
Nonsense literature for children : Aesop to Seuss
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Celia Catlett Anderson and Marilyn Fain Apseloff ; foreword by William Cole ; afterword by Nancy Willard.
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Publication Information:
Hamden, Conn. : Library Professional Publications, 1989.
Physical Description:
xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780208021618
9780208021625
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
Part I: The what, when, and who of nonsense: Some definitions of nonsense -- A capsule history of nonsense literature from ancient Greece to Victorian England -- Nonsense literature in the Twentieth Century -- A potpourri of modern masters -- Part II: The benefits of nonsense: Nonsense / Sound and sense -- Semantics and nonsense / Words alive with meaning -- Nonsense and philosophy / The underside of thought -- Psychological aspects of nonsense literature for children -- Part III: All kinds of nonsense: "Sesame Street" as theater of the absurd -- Nonsense verse and its appeal -- Nonsense creatures -- Nonsense and the didactic tradition / Nonsense that moralizes, nonsense that mocks -- Part IV: The nonsense vision: Nonsense illustrations / An overview -- The techniques of nonsense illustration -- Afterword: A lively last word on nonsense / Nancy Willard.