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.
- ISBN10 1403919305
- ISBN13 9781403919304
- Publish Date December 2002 (first published 17 December 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition New ed.
- Format eBook
- Language English