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Journal: March 11th31st
my focus genre: I have chosen to focus my project on the "Literary Nonsense" genre. This genre allows me to express my creative and mentally unstable side in a positive way, and I am sure everyone will enjoy it.
my thoughts about this genre or this project: Literary Nonsense is right up my alley.

"literary nonsense | books tagged literary nonsense | LibraryThing." LibraryThing | Catalog your books online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.librarything.com/tag/literary+nonsense>. This website provides me with both a list of authors and books that pertain to the Literary Nonsense genre.
rom, Thomas, Nonsense, Wonder: The Poems, and Cartoons of Edward Lear. "Literary nonsense - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia." Main Page - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense>. This website gives a detailed definition of my genre Literary Nonsense, which will help me complete my project.
"Wapedia - Wiki: Literary nonsense." Wapedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2010. <http://wapedia.mobi/en/Literary_nonsense#4>. This website provides detailed overview of the history of my genre and all aspects pertaining to it.
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A few "Literary Nonsense" quotes I found interesting....
"It is completely unimportant, that is why it is so interesting!" - Agatha Christie
"Nonsense is only so good because common sense is so limited." - George Santayana
"Nonsense is to sense, as shade is to light, it adds effect." - Frederick Saunders
"Totally mad, utter nonsense, but we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense!" - Douglas Adams
"For blocks are better cleft with wedges, than tools of sharp or subtle edges, and dullest nonsense has been found by some to be the most profound." - Samuel Butler
"Wisdom comes by disillusionment." - George Santayana
"A child only educated at school, is an uneducated child." - George Santayana
"'The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles...when a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at curbstones.'" - Flann O'Brien
"I am completely half afraid to think." - Flann O'Brien
"Whether or not you find your own way, you're bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it's quite rusty."- Phantom Tollbooth
"If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself" - Phantom Tollbooth
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” - Dr. Seuss

7) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
8) Phantom Tollbooth
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Literary_nonsense#4.

3) What year did this genre first appear?
4) Who is the target audience?
5) How many times will i sayIs this genre here?popular worldwide?
6) How has this genre influenced the literary world?
7) What films have been made pertaining to this genre?

2) How popular is this genre?
3) What year did this genre first appear?
4) Is this genre popular worldwide?Who is the target audience?
5) How many times will i say genre here?
6) How has this genre influenced the literary world?

Journal: March 9th11th
my focus genre: I have chosen to focus my project on the "Literary Nonsense" genre. This genre allows me to express my creative and mentally unstable side in a positive way, and I am sure everyone will enjoy it.
my thoughts about this genre or this project: Literary Nonsense is right up my alley.

7) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
8) Phantom Tollbooth
Links:
http://www.librarything.com/tag/literary+nonsense
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth
http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/excerpts.html
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.g.mason/Nonsense.htm
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Literary-nonsense
http://thinkexist.com/quotations/nonsense/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=literary+nonsense
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1708928/literary_nonsense
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15248.Flann_O_Brien
Works Cited:
"Insider sheds light on modern day Russia - News." The Heights. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 June 2009. http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2007/02/22/News/Insider.Sheds.Light.On.Modern.Day.Russia-2736270.shtml.
Juster, Norton. "B's Phantom Tollbooth Page!." The University of Arizona | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen
"The Phantom Tollbooth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth.
rom, Thomas, Nonsense, Wonder: The Poems, and Cartoons of Edward Lear. "Literary nonsense - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia." Main Page - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense>.
rom, Thomas, Nonsense, Wonder: The Poems, and Cartoons of Edward Lear. "Literary nonsense - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia." Main Page - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense.
"StateMaster - Encyclopedia: Literary nonsense." StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
"StateMaster - Encyclopedia: Literary nonsense." StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
Theologist. "Urban Dictionary: literary nonsense." Urban Dictionary, February 23: cognitus interruptus. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2010.
"Wordle - literary nonsense." Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2010. http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1708928/literary_nonsense.
"Quotes by Flann O'Brien (page 1 of 1)." Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15248.Flann_O_Brien>.

Here I will explain why I picked the sources I did, and how they will help me prove the veracity of my thesis.
Works Cited
Juster, Norton. "B's Phantom Tollbooth Page!." The University of Arizona | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~bcohen/phantom_tollbooth/excerpts.html>. This website provides me with extra information about the Phantom Tollbooth.
Mason, Ian Garrick. "Dr. Seuss and Nonsense." Sympatico. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.g.mason/Nonsense.htm>. This website goes into depth about how Literary Nonsense has influenced society and how society has influenced Literary Nonsense.
"Nonsense quotes." Find the famous quotes you need, ThinkExist.com Quotations.. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://thinkexist.com/quotations/nonsense/>. This website provides a list of quotes from various Literary Nonsense. These quotes will be useful for readers who want to get a feel for the genre.
"Quotes by Flann O'Brien (page 1 of 1)." Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15248.Flann_O_Brien>. This website gives me a detailed plot summary and interpretation of the Literary Nonsense novel The Third Policeman.
"StateMaster - Encyclopedia: Literary nonsense." StateMaster - US Statistics, State Comparisons. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Literary-nonsense>. This provides me with more information about my genre, Literary Nonsense.
"The Phantom Tollbooth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Tollbooth>. This website provides me a detailed plot summary about the Phantom Tollbooth, which is apart of my Literary Nonsense genre. With the information provided by this website I will have a surprlus of information for my project.
Theologist. "Urban Dictionary: literary nonsense." Urban Dictionary, March 10: recrap. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=literary+nonsense>. This website will be useful for my project because it will open it up to a wider audience.
"Wordle - literary nonsense." Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1708928/literary_nonsense>. this is my wordle, and it sums up my genre in a creative way.
"literary nonsense | books tagged literary nonsense | LibraryThing." LibraryThing | Catalog your books online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.librarything.com/tag/literary+nonsense>. This website provides me with both a list of authors and books that pertain to the Literary Nonsense genre.
rom, Thomas, Nonsense, Wonder: The Poems, and Cartoons of Edward Lear. "Literary nonsense - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia." Main Page - The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2010. <http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Literary_nonsense>. This website gives a detailed definition of my genre Literary Nonsense, which will help me complete my project.
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