Sense and Nonsensibility : Lampoons of Learning and Literature

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.

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.