Great piece here about Professor Stanley Unwin - Wayne Burrows says: "While many examples of creative
linguistic mangling are seen as difficult and experimental, with the
riotous dream-prose of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce or the beautifully
slippery poetry of J H Prynne high on many readers’ lists of works to avoid
(more’s the pity), it can also be noted that in other contexts, exactly the
same poetic and literary procedures can result in widespread popularity.
Professor Stanley Unwin’s deadpan twists to ordinary speech and such tropes as
the radio lecture are a perfect example."
If you haven't the slightest idea what Wayne's talking about, look up the Prof on YouTube - there's any number of videos of him in full flow. Utter genius.
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