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An Annotated Bibliography
Second Edition
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"Overall, Kramer has achieved his goal of establishing a significant bibliography of American college novels. It will appeal to those who enjoy reading the genre or for those who are seeking sources for serious scholarship. It also provides a fascinating glimpse of changing American idealism and American social growth."
— REFERENCE REVIEWS
DESCRIPTION
This second edition of The American College Novel cites and describes 648 novels that are set at American colleges and universities, from Nathaniel Hawthorne's Fanshawe (Bowdoin College, 1828) to William Hart's Never Fade Away (University of California, 2002). This revised and updated edition contains 225 new entries, most new novels published since 1981. The annotations provide information about the novels' plots, settings, and central characters, as well as brief biographies of the authors. The bibliography is divided into two sections: student-centered and staff-centered novels, both cited in chronological order by publication year. A "starter list" of 50 American college novels is included, to help the novice reader distinguish classics within the genre, as well as indexes by author, title, college and university, and academic discipline.
Intended for scholars as well as the layperson, this is a useful reference work for studying the portrayal of American higher education over time in popular fiction, as well as helping a casual reader locate a pleasurable read.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John E. Kramer, Jr. is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at SUNY-Brockport. He is the author ofAcademe in Mystery and Detective Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow, 2000).
