Faculty towers
Faculty towers2004
About this book
"In Faculty Towers, Showalter takes a personal look at the ways novels about the academy have charted changes in the university and society since 1950. With her readings of C.P. Snow's idealized world of Cambridge dons or of the globe-trotting antics of David Lodge's Morris Zapp, of the sleuthing Kate Fansler in Amanda Cross's best-selling mystery series or of the recent spate of bitter novels in which narratives of sexual harassment seem to serve as fables of power, anger, and desire, Showalter holds a mirror up to the world she has inhabited over the course of a distinguished and often controversial career."--Jacket.
Details
- First published
- 2004
- OL Work ID
- OL2041588W
Subjects
American College storiesAmerican fictionCollege students in literatureCollege teachers in literatureEducation, Higher, in literatureEnglish College storiesEnglish fictionHistory and criticismIntellectual lifeTeacher-student relationships in literatureUniversities and colleges in literatureCollege storesTeacher-student relationshipsEnglish fiction, history and criticismAmerican fiction, history and criticismRoman anglaisHistoire et critiqueUniversités dans la littérature