Campus Fictions Exemption and the American Campus Novel
Campus Fictions argues that the academic novel balances utopian and regressive tendencies, reinforcing the crises we face in higher learning while simultaneously signposting hope for a worn institution. Whether a bestseller such as Erich Segal ’s romance Love Story (1970) or wonkier fare such as Don...
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introductions to the American Campus Novel
- Chapter 2: Campus Characters: Exemption and Utopia on Campus
- Chapter 3: Anti-intellectualism, “Theory,” and the Reactionary Impulses of the Campus Novel
- Chapter 4: Unauthorized Sex?: Sex, Power, and Privilege in the Campus Novel
- Chapter 5: Subordinations of Academic Freedom: “Speech” as Campus Keyword and Codeword
- Chapter 6: Identity and Culture War on Campus
- Chapter 7: Hardly Workin; or, the Valences of Productivism in Campus Novels
- Chapter 8: On Teaching the University
- Chapter 9: Appendix I: Further Data
- Chapter 10: Appendix II: the Directory of the American Campus Novel