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Postwar academic fiction : satire, ethics, community / Kenneth Womack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Womack, Kenneth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College stories, English--History and criticism.
- College stories, English.
- College stories, American--History and criticism.
- College stories, American.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Satire, American--History and criticism.
- Satire, American.
- Satire, English--History and criticism.
- Satire, English.
- Universities and colleges in literature.
- Communities in literature.
- Ethics in literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 207 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- As a literary genre, academic fiction has emerged in recent years as one ofthe most popular modes for satirizing the cultural conflicts and sociological nuances inherent in campus life. Drawing upon recent insights in ethical criticism and moral philosophy, "Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community offers new readings of fictional and nonfictional works by such figures as Kingsley Amis, Vladimir Nabokov, Joyce Carol Oates, David Lodge, David Mamet, Ishmael Reed, Sandra M.Gilbert and Susan Gubar and Jane Smiley.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0333918827
- OCLC:
- 47973399
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