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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1991
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ424852 |
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- Strict and Loose Nonsense: Two Worlds of Children's Verse. Kennedy, X. J. Childrens Literature Elementary Secondary Education Fantasy Fiction Games Humor Imagination Literary Criticism Literary Styles Poetry Puns Tales This exploration of the two leading varieties of nonsense literature defines strict nonsense as that in which the laws of nature are suspended and replaced by new laws which the author decrees, and loose nonsense as usually comic writing about a singular unlikely event. Examples of these two types of verse in children's literature are cited. (22 sources) (SD)