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Category: Humor

Twelve Jokes from (if not by) Sigmund Freud

In 1905, Sigmund Freud published his book-length study, Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious. Here are some of the … More

A. A. Brill, analysis, ba-boom, connotation, jokes, Mark Twain, ouch, poetic language, psychoanalysis, psychology, Sigmund Freud, unconscious

Top Ten Literary Theory Tips, for Anyone

This weekend Chicago will host the annual convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA). This year’s gathering will attract more … More

beauty, book clubs, fiction, intention, literary theory, MLA, Modern Language Association, narrative, onomatopoeia, tips, Toni Morrison, top ten, zombies

My Excellent Twitter Reviews for #TLSAPP

Presented here in all their glory, and in order from first to last, are my losing entries for the TLS … More

close but no cigar, contests, Edith Wharton, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Eliot, Henry James, Hobbit, Joseph Conrad, literary criticism, Mark Twain, parody, Raymond Chandler, Times Literary Supplement, TLS

 

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