A new direction for the campus novel? The Chronicle Reviewc has an excellent article on a new campus novel from Jeffrey Eugenides about leaving campus behind. A five year old post on my other blog includes reference to a couple of articles, including one by David Lodge, on the 'end of the campus novel'. The … Continue reading The reinvention of the campus novel?
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Still the End of the Campus Novel?
Why aren't there any good campus novels these days? Inspired by an article in the Guardian by David Lodge about Pnin by Nabokov I wrote a brief piece some five years ago on "The End of the Campus Novel?". With the possible exception of Zadie Smith's On Beauty, have there been any decent campus novels … Continue reading Still the End of the Campus Novel?
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