Nonsense novels

Author(s)

• Leacock, Stephen
• Handler, Daniel

Bibliographic Information

Nonsense novels

by Stephen Leacock ; introduction by Daniel Handler

New York Review Books, c2005

Note

Originally published: London : John Lane, 1911. With new introd

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

A gift? Yes-a gift for you. You're welcome.--"from the introduction by Daniel Handler" "Nonsense Novels" sends up the silliest conventions of the ghost story, the detective story, the rags-to-riches story, the adventure story, the shipwreck story, and, of course, the story itself. Among other things. Here the close cultivation of cliche yields a bumper crop of absurdity and the utterly ludicrous turns up at every new twist of the tale. This is a satirical masterpiece. Stephen Leacock was a genius.

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Details

• NCID: BB08709555
• ISBN:
  • 1590171187
• LCCN: 2004017964
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 159 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR9199.3.L367
  • DC22 : 813/.52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Parodies