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2.0 out of 5 stars
Knowledgable but unimaginative,
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This review is from: Flann O'Brien, Bakhtin, and Menippean Satire (Irish Studies) (Hardcover)
Booker states that apart from his PhD in English Lit he has also written over a hundered articles on nuclear physics and electronics, which is enough to make you spew.
Given that I have been theorising on the Menippea for the last four years, I find Booker's approach a little facile... his approach to "defining" Flann O"Brien as a menippean satirist amounts to ticking off the elements that correspond to Bakhtin's hit-list.
He also makes no mention of Kirk's Bibliography, which is a glaring omission. Overall, a poor effort, from someone who obviously regards themselves as an egghead intellect.
(Why do Americans continually abbreviate their first names to initials?
from D. Bruce Musgrave
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Flann O'Brien, Bakhtin, and Menippean Satire (Irish Studies) by M. Keith Booker (Hardcover - Dec. 1995)
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