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Item Details
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SENSE AND NONSENSIBILITY
LAMPOONS OF LEARNING AND LITERATURE |
| By: |
Lawrence Douglas, Alexander George |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0743260481 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780743260480 |
| Publisher: |
SIMON & SCHUSTER |
| Pub. date: |
10 August, 2004 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Two widely published humour columnists and 'bad boys' of academia take their wit and wisdom to dazzling new lows in this irreverent send-up of highbrow literary culture. |
| Synopsis: |
At last, the thinking person's answer to the life of the mind in today's increasingly mindless, anti-intellectual age. SENSE AND NONSENSIBILITY pokes fun at everyone from self-important scholars to pompous professors; from anally-retentive authors to plagiarising poets; from snake-oil therapists to the cyber-speaking cognoscenti. This singular collection by professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together some of their most popular pieces, along with several all-new-ones, including: - The Academy Awards for novels - with categories for 'Best Female Protagonist, Doomed', 'Best Narrator, Unreliable', and 'Best Novel, Unfinishable by a Reader' - Home Shopping University - offering the greatest ideas in western history at rock-bottom prices - The best in 'Self-helplessness' books - I'M OKAY, I'M OKAY: ACCEPTING NARCISSISM - THE PENIS ORATIONS - literature's answer to THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES From pay-per-call phone lines that cater to cerebral fetishes to behind-the-scenes reports on what happens when Hollywood takes on Kant, SENSE AND NONSENSIBILITY is for anyone looking for a good read, a good laugh and life beyond Harry Potter. |
| Illustrations: |
2 b-w photos |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Touchstone |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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