{"product_id":"9783031499135","title":"American Literature Readings in the 21st Century: Exemption and the American Campus Novel","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Literature Readings in the 21st Century: Exemption and the American Campus Novel\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eBeal, Wesley\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCampus Fictions \u003c\/i\u003eargues 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  \u003ci\u003eLove Story\u003c\/i\u003e  (1970) or wonkier fare such as Don DeLillo’s  \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), the academic novel mystifies the academy not only to a wide public but also—worse—to readers who might describe themselves as sympathetic to higher learning. The book takes an eclectic approach to the academic novel with chapters discussing, for example, the genre’s rampant anti-intellectualism and its work refusals, studying novels such as Ishmael Reed’s \u003ci\u003eJapanese by Spring \u003c\/i\u003e(1993) and Julie Schumacher’s  \u003ci\u003eDear Committee Members\u003c\/i\u003e  (2014). The book is also accompanied by the “Directory of the American Campus Novel ” file, which tracks the genre by year, by setting, and by other datapoints that readers might make use of. Responding directly to Jeffrey Williams, the renowned scholar of critical university studies who implores faculty to “teach the university,” the book ’s conclusion describes strategies for putting these novels into circulation in the classroom. Through this breadth, \u003ci\u003eCampus Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e establishes the importance of maintaining hope in the field of critical university studies, which tends toward apocalypticism and perhaps therefore toward disengagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-02-18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031499135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-49911-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 228\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45588148715660,"sku":"9783031499135","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031499135.jpg?v=1775923163","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031499135","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}