1st Edition
Pons Asinorum, or the Future of Nonsense Democritus or the Future of Laughter Mrs Fisher or the Future of Humour, Babel, or the Past, Present and Future of Human Speech Today and Tomorrow Volume Twenty-Two
By Edinger, Gould, Graves, Paget
Copyright 2008
378 Pages
by
Routledge
Pons Asinorum
Or
The Future of Nonsense
George Edinger and E J C Neep
Originally published in 1929.
"A most entertaining essay, rich in quotation from the old masters of clownship’s craft." Saturday Review
The author maintains that true nonsense must be aimless humour – the humour that makes fun as opposed to the humour that makes fun of something.... Read more
Today and Tomorrow Volume 22 Language and Literature includes Pons Asinorum Or The Future of Nonsense by George Edinger and E J C Neep, Democritus, Or The Future of Laughter by Gerald Gould, Mrs Fisher, Or The Future of Humour by Robert Graves and Babel, Or the Past, Present and Future of Human Speech by Richard Paget. 382pp
Biography
George Edinger, E.J.C. Neep, Gerald Gould, Robert Graves, Richard Paget
