Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community

Womack, K.

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.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-12-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333918821

DOI: 10.1057/9780230596757

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 207