Chicken Little: The Inside Story (A Jungian Romance)

Edith Fowke is professor emeritus at York University and author of
Canadian Folklore: Perspectives on Canadian Culture.

This amusing satire ridicules psychiatry, archeology, economists,
anthropologists, feminists, photographers, and, above all, the excesses
of academia. The book follows various scholars in their pursuit of the
“real” Chicken Little—a pursuit that hinges on a discovery made
300 years ago.

A short excerpt gives an idea of the book’s satiric thrust: “It
took 73 years to decipher the Kraznac tablets—three generations of
astute hermetic linguists working 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365
days a year. ... It is true that modern Chicken Little scholars dispute
some of their interpretations, but all honor is due to these diligent
pioneers, for they did lay the groundwork and gave us indisputable rich
insights into the fowl psyche.”

There are many quotations from Jung and Freud, extensive footnotes and
bibliography, and an epilogue by the family dog.