Sense and Nonsensibility

Two widely published humor columnists and "e;bad boys"e; 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 "e;Best Female Protagonist -- Doomed,"e; "e;Best Narrator -- Unreliable,"e; and "e;Best Novel -- Unfinishable by Reader"e; 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 "e;Self-helplessness books"e; The Penis Orations -- Iron Man's answer to The Vagina Monologues "e;Ask the Academic Ethicist"e; -- their notorious advice column, which has shocked higher education