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Lampoons of Learning and Literature
Lawrence Douglas, Alexander George
ISBN: 9780743260480
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
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Presents an irreverent parody of highbrow literary culture, looking at literature with such sections as the Academy Awards for novels, Home Shopping University, the best "Self-helplessness" books, and "Ask the Academic Ethicist," an advice column.
Presents an irreverent parody of highbrow literary culture, looking at literature with such sections as the Academy Awards for novels, Home Shopping University, the best "Self-helplessness" books, and "Ask the Academic Ethicist," an advice column.
| ISBN | 0743260481 | | Pages | 196 | | ISBN13 | 9780743260480 (What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Simon & Schuster | | Weight (grammes) | 256 | | Imprint | Fireside | | Published in | New York, NY | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 01 Aug 2004 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Library of Congress | 2004045366 | | Spine width (mm) | 11 | | DEWEY | 818.607 | | Academic level | Undergraduate | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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Melvin Jules Bukietauthor of "A Faker's Dozen"Tired of reading about war crimes and the semiotics of quilting bees? Then perhaps Sense and Nonsensibility by Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George is for you. Biting any benign hand that has fed them and their progeny for years, Douglas and George chew upon the idiocies (as well as the idiohypnoglossia) of contemporary academics and publishers. This makes one ponder three fascinating questions: 1. how the hell did they get tenure? 2. how did any sane publisher accept this manuscript? 3. how can the rest of us continue to exist in a universe that also contains them? Simply put, they are curs and infidels and their work ought to appeal to same.  Be the first to write a customer review
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