Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community

by Kenneth Womack

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,...

• 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"