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The nineteenth century in France spawned numerous 'fous litteraires, one of the most fascinating being Jean-Pierre Brisset (1837-1919). An individualist among individualists, he dismantled the existing French tongue, reshaping it to suit his own grandiose purposes, which were to explain afresh the development of human beings (from frogs) and of their language (from croaks). Continuous and ubiquitous punning was a unique feature of his writing. In this study, Redfern examines such themes as the nature of literary madness, the phenomenon of deadpan humour, the role of analogy, and the place of institutional religion in Brisset's creative rewritng of the creation. (Legenda 2001)

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: All Puns Intended
• Subtitle: The Verbal Creation of Jean-Pierre Brisset
• Author: Walter Redfern
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198
• EAN: 9781900755528
• ISBN: 1900755521
• ID: 09367869
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 453 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 138 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. August 2001

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