Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community

by Kenneth Womack

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As a literary genre, academic fiction has emerged in recent years as one of the 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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0333918827

ISBN13:9780333918821

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:207 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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