The Neuromantics
Season 2
Episode 10

Why are some words funnier than others? Can you learn a theory of humour? Are the sounds we find comical just as effective in other languages? The Neuromantics – writer Will Eaves and neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott – give funny words a thorough seeing to, asking whether it’s possible to find any consensus on humour or if it’s a case of each to his own. Stepping across from funny to absurd, they explore the ideas behind Edward Lear’s The Jumblies, and visit a very unsettling short story by the Luxembourgeois writer Florence Sunnen.

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The Neuromantics – Episode 10 (S2)

Critique de "Un livre de nonsense" ("A Book of Nonsense", 1846, 1861) d'Edward LEAR, traduit de l'anglais par Gérald Auclin, éd. Ab Irato, 2024

Un livre de nonsense

Edward Lear - Un livre de nonsense

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