The American writer and the university
By: edited by Ben Siegel.
Contributors: Siegel, Ben, 1925-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Newark; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; College stories, American -- History and criticism; Universities and colleges in literature; College teachers in literature; Education, Higher, in literature; Authors as teachers; English philology -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Creative writing (Higher education) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Desire, hypocrisy, and ambition in Academe: Joyce Carol Oate's Hungry ghosts / Stanley Trachtenberg; title: Academia and the wasteland: Bernard Malamud's A new life and his views of the university / James M. Mellard; title: The gnomes of academe: Philip Roth and the university / Eric Solomon; title: John Barth, the university, and the absurd: a study of The end of the road and Giles goat-boy / Elaine Safer; title: Joseph Heller and the academy / James Nagel; title: Saul Bellow and the university as villain / Ben Siegel; title: Making the best of two worlds: Raymond Federman, Beckett, and the university / Melvin J. Friedman; title: A personal view: poetry, pedagogy, and per-versities / Theodore Weiss; title: A personal view: the academy and the "you know?" generation / James Ragan; title: A personal view: the "real life" fallacy / David Madden.