Necessary nonsense : aesthetics, history, neurology, psychology / Irving Massey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massey, Irving, author.

Series:

Cognitive approaches to culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonsense literature--History and criticism.

Nonsense literature.

Literature--Aesthetics.

Literature.

Literature--Psychology.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

viii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"This book explores the cognitive possibilities of nonsense, literary and philosophical--ranging from Immanuel Kant to Lewis Carol, from examinations of Asperger's Syndrome to the waking state--and demonstrates that there is an element of nonsense, or stage of nonsense, in the normal course of thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nonsense: usage and uses

Metaphor and nonsense

The baroque: nonsense in prospect and retrospect

Salutary nonsense: Keats, Kant, and Madame de Staël; or inspiration vs. fanaticism

Neural nonsense: neuroaesthetics, hypnagogia, and the aesthetics of nonsense

Perceptual nonsense: the "image made by chance," automaticity, and the aesthetic universal

Assorted nonsense.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical referencess (pages 165-178) and index.

ISBN:

9780814213797

0814213790

OCLC:

1029447267