literature that uses sensical and nonsensical elements to defy language conventions or logical reasoning.
Nonsense writers
The most celebrated nonsense writers in English literature are Edward Lear (1812–1888) and Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832–1898).Other nonsense writers in English literature, Canadian literature, and American literature:
- Douglas Adams
- Ivor Cutler
- Dave Eggers and his brother Christopher, writing as Dr. and Mr. Doris Haggis-on-Whey
- Mike Gordon
- Edward Gorey
- John Lennon
- Spike Milligan
- Flann O'Brien
- Mervyn Peake
- Jack Prelutsky
- Laura E. Richards
- Theodore Roethke
- Michael Rosen
- Dr. Seuss
- Shel Silverstein
- James Thurber
- Alan Watts
- Roald Dahl
- Carl Sandburg
- Jean Shepherd"
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