In Praise of Nonsense
Download or Read eBook In Praise of Nonsense PDF written by Winfried Menninghaus and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Winfried Menninghaus |
| Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1999-10 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0804729522 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780804729529 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In Praise of Nonsense by : Winfried Menninghaus
Book excerpt: Ludwig Tieck's 1797 rewriting of Charles Perrault's famous Bluebeard tale (1697) explicitly claims to be an "arabesque" book "without any sense and coherence." The author's close reading of this capricious narrative, based on Kant's theory of what it means to produce nonsense, reveals a specifically Romantic type of nonsense.
