American boarding school fiction, 1981-2021 : inclusion and scandal / Alexander H. Pitofsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitofsky, Alexander H.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction.

Education in literature.

Boarding schools in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2022.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lexington Books, 2022.

Summary:

American Boarding School Fiction, 1981-2021: Inclusion and Scandal is a study of contemporary American boarding-school narratives. It discusses a new generation of writers who have made American school fiction far more inclusive and wide-ranging than it was in the era dominated by best sellers such as J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and John Knowles's A Separate Peace.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

"The Best Is Over"

Ethan Canin's "The Palace Thief"

The Limits of Post-Blackness

Women Without Men

"Schools Like Ours Are Vulnerable to Criticism"

Behind the Ivy-Armored Walls

"A Long-Held Academic Fantasy"

Children of the Top 1 Percent

Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author.

ISBN:

1-66698-439-6

1-66690-194-6

OCLC:

1501680626