ON THE EDGE OF SENSE: NONSENSE AND PARADOX IN EDWARD LEAR’S AND QORPO SANTO’S SELECTED WORKS

Abstract This article, we delineate the relationship between nonsense, opposition and paradox in selected excerpts of the works of Edward Lear (1812-1888) and Qorpo Santo (1829-1883), considering nonsense and paradox in the light of the theories proposed mainly by Gilles Deleuze (2015) and Charles Ogden (1932) and secondarily by Jean Jacques Lecercle (1994), Wim Tigges (1988) and Ferdinand Saussure (1916). This article seeks to understand the relationship between sense and nonsense in relation to the way these theorists articulate the productive tension that exists between other kinds of binar...