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[edit] Page needs work
As of now, this page needs quite a bit of work. I have begun the process recently. I also have added links from quite a few other sites (nonsense writers, in particular). The page for "nonsense verse" had been used in the past for issues of genre, but I'm trying to establish this one, literary nonsense, as the genre label. It is the accepted label in the field of literature and, importantly, more accurate, since much nonsense is not written as verse. Many people still say "nonsense verse" in common parlance, but this term is misleading. Pnotla 14:38, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lewis Carroll
Isn't Lewis Carroll best know for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?" I don't know very many people who aren't aware of it, in contrast to "The Jabberwocky," which is delightful, but largely forgotten. Sideburnstate 19:55, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, Carroll is probably known best for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," but Jabberwocky is very far from forgotten.
I'll fix that sentence, then... but the rest of the article still needs a lot of work. The introduction reads more like a high schooler's English class assignment than an encyclopedia entry.
[edit] Lead needs lots of work
The lead is really bad. Full of specific details that should go elsewhere, lots of hard to comprehend prose, and a general tone that seems editorial. Please take a hack at it :) Scott Ritchie 07:47, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Working...
Yes--it does need work. I worked on it a bit today and will continue to add and refine as time allows! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 05:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Ack! I made major changes today but forgot to do it while signed in... sorry about that.
[edit] Marx!
Ha ha... someone made the joke about Marx being a storyteller and a "nonsense" writer. Amusing, but I had to take it down... sorry, jokester! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 15:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Margaret Mahy
To the person who added Margaret Mahy... I wasn't aware she was a nonsense writer. I think, in order for her to remain on this entry, we need to add her in the bibliography--at least one primary source that could be considered nonsense. I'll leave her up here for the moment, but if you can't provide a source, I'll take her down. Sorry! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 03:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] List of nonsense writers
Someone wrote: Perhaps make a list of nonsense writers instead? It would be much more organized. I wrote back: Not sure what you mean! This IS a list, isn't it? Under the section of writers, I give a list of them... the only way to make it more list-like would be to do it vertically, which wastes much space. And rather than putting discussion topic in the code for the page, please do it here, in the discussion section! Thanks- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 16:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Fran Ross
See the discussion on Margaret Mahy, above. Please supply a source/citation or I'll erase her--sorry! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 15:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Franz Kafka
Speaking of literary nonsense works by authors in other languages, shouldn't Franz Kafka feature on the list ? --Ranjit.puri (talk) 17:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, I don't really think so. Of course, turning into an insect is fairly random, but no scholars of nonsense have placed Kafka in that category. It is, perhaps, a nonsense conceit that is the seed of the book, but the rest follows very sensibly. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pnotla (talk • contribs) 01:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
