The clan of the flapdragon and other adventures in etymology
by Richard McKee
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These adventurous essays include lampoons on writing, language, and literature, and the collection is a delightful spoof of much in contemporary culture - especially areas of intellectual pretension. Readers will be entertained by anachronistic allusions, improbable parodies, whimsical etymologies, tongue-in-cheek word play, and stunning purple prose - examples of just some of the liberties Schrapnel takes with the language.
The eccentric Dr. Schrapnel includes a variety of audience reactions in the form of bogus letters from fictional readers, confirming that language and literature are everyone's business.
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The clan of the flapdragon and other adventures in etymology
1997, University of Alabama Press
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0817308814 9780817308810
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Essays which appeared in the author's satirical column "Adventures in etymology," written as if by the fictitious B.M.W. Schrapnel, Ph. D., published in "Oasis, a literary magazine" (Largo, Fla.), 1993-1996.
Includes index.
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