The Great Panjandrum Himself: Nonsense Literature Before Carroll and Lear

I am a big fan of humorous verse, particularly the limerick so was interested to read this post on Interesting Literature.

Interesting Literature

In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle explores the eighteenth-century origins of nonsense literature

When did the tradition of English nonsense literature arise? Who invented nonsense literature? Although Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear are the names that immediately spring to mind, several eighteenth-century writers shou...