Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Surreal humour, also called absurdist humour, is a form of humour, stylistically related to the artistic ambitions of the surrealists, based on bizarre juxtapositions, absurd situations and nonsense. Common elements of surreal humour include the non-sequitur, in which one statement is followed by another with no logical progression and the placing of otherwise logical constructs in different contexts where they become ludicrous and bizarre. Humour that could be considered surreal has been around at least since the 19th century. Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass both use illogic and absurdity for humorous effect. Many of Edward Lear's nonsense stories and poems are also basically surreal in approach; for example, The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World is filled with contradictory statements and odd images intended to provoke amusement.

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