This volume seeks to shed light on the interdependencies between wordplay and language creativity. Contributions explore the most diverse genres and discourses throughout History anagrams, medieval fatrasies, the works of Rabelais, children books, slam, riddles, and contemporary constrained writing, trying to understand their theoretical, didactic and historical impact.

Bettina Full, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; Michelle Lecolle, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France.