Two widely published humor 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 take on the life of the mind in today’s increasingly mindless age. Sense and Nonsensibility pokes fun at everyone from spoof-proof scholars to pompous professors; from anal-retentive authors to plagiarizing poets; from snake-oil therapists to bestselling illiterati. This singular collection by Professors Lawrence Douglas and Alexander George brings together their most popular pieces, along with many brand-new ones, including: The Academy Awards for novels — with categories for "Best Female Protagonist — Doomed, " "Best Narrator — Unreliable, " and "Best Novel — Unfinishable by Reader" Home Shopping University — offering the greatest ideas in Western history at rock-bottom prices I’m Okay, I’m Okay: Accepting Narcissism — the best in "Self-helplessness books" The Penis Orations — Iron Man’s answer to The Vagina Monologues "Ask the Academic Ethicist" — their notorious advice column, which has shocked higher education
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