On the Theory and Praxis of Nonsense Poetry as Dialogic Scrum; Or, the Poetical Hermeneutics of a Retro-Teleological, Post-Diegetic Transom (Notes towards an Investigation)

Authors

Michael Heyman, Berklee College of Music
Joseph Thomas, San Diego State University

Work Type

Article

Publication Date

10-7-2021

Department

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Keywords

Literary Nonsense; poetry; Children's Literature; Wim Tigges

Abstract

This essay explores the nonsensical elements of the composition and staging of “A Short Program of Poems for Young People, in Four Chapters,” a fifty-minute poetry reading by Michael Heyman and Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. prepared for the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association’s 2019 annual conference, “Send in the Clowns,” focusing primarily on the theory and practice of nonsense in relation to the writing and staging of “A Short Program of Poems for Young People, in Four Chapters,” which was performed in San Diego by Joseph T. Thomas, Jr. and Michael Heyman at the 2019 Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference, “Send in the Clowns.”

Comments

This is the Accepted Version of an article appearing in Pacific Coast Philology (2021) 56 (2), as published by Penn State University Press. The Version of Record can be accessed at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/896651.

Recommended Citation

Heyman, Michael and Thomas, Joseph, "On the Theory and Praxis of Nonsense Poetry as Dialogic Scrum; Or, the Poetical Hermeneutics of a Retro-Teleological, Post-Diegetic Transom (Notes towards an Investigation)" (2021). Faculty Works.
https://remix.berklee.edu/faculty-works/32