Re: Skewering stilted language and theory: F. Crews

[Barkley Rosser <rosserjb@xxxxxxx>]

    Crews is most famous for authoring the magnificent

satire, _The Pooh Perplex_, several decades ago.  It

presents a series of analyses of the Winne-the-Pooh

books from a variety of academic literary perspectives,

one of which is Freudian.  It is hilarious, much better

than any pomo and well before pretty much all of it.

Barkley Rosser

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Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Skewering stilted language and theory: F. Crews

I've noticed a couple folks herein have roots to Berkeley. Do any of you
know this Crews fellow? Any personal thoughts on him?

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Crews is an English prof at Berkeley, best known to me as as withering, merciless, and brilliant critic of psychoanalysis. Apparantly he is a recovering Freudian,a nd decided to make life hell for the remaining Freudians. I am not sure whether he has "radical" politics, but he sure is smart! jks

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