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Postmodern Pooh
by Frederick Crews
ISBN: 0865476543
ISBN-13: 9780865476547
Format: Paperback
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Summary
A witty send-up of postmodern literary theory, this collection of essays by invented academics mocks gay studies, gyn crit, new historicism, and other trendy isms while satirically illuminating aspects of Winnie the Pooh.
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"English majors arise: Your field has been satirized, and well."
-- Kirkus
"This small volume should be required reading for 30, 000 members of the MLA and any other bemused spectators of the academic fishbowl."
-- Publishers Weekly
"[A] brilliant and savagely witty skewering of the combatants on all sides of the academic culture wars." -- James Hynes
-- Washington Post Book World
"For those blissfully unaware that such things have been going on in literary criticism, POSTMODERN POOH serves as a pretty accurate tour d'horizon of the current academic scene. Others more versed in the ways of this field will perhaps enjoy a measure of Schadenfreude as they feel the shock of recognition on reading Crews' biting portraits." -- Martin Rubin
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published date: 2003
Size: 5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.96 pounds
Pages: 192
Publisher's Notes
A hilarious sequel to The Pooh Perplex , in which the hidden meaning of A. A. Milne's Pooh books is the central concern of twelve short parodies of modern literary criticism, presents new parodies on the powerful academic fads and figures in today's society, as they take shots at Pooh, while the author takes shots at them. Reprint.
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Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: North Point Press, 2003 First American Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information)
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