Nonsense verse in England is generally thought to have its origins in Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Noel Malcolm's work discusses the extent of the genre a full two hundred and fifty years earlier, with the work of such now nearly forgotten nonsense poets as Sir John Hoskyns and John Taylor. It presents an anthology of their work, much of it published here for the first time since the 17th century, and in a long introduction discusses the origins and development of the genre in England, and the history of medieval and Renaissance nonsense poetry in Europe.
- ISBN10 0006388442
- ISBN13 9780006388449
- Publish Date 5 May 1998 (first published 6 May 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 April 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fontana Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 336
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk