Tabloid scholarship …

… Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style - The Washington Post. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

…  “The Most Dangerous Book” could represent a trend: Rising young scholars may be over-correcting for the excesses of recent academese by adopting a supercharged, snazzily cinematic style of writing.

Not such a bad idea, actually, but not that easy to pull off, especially by an academic.