American Boarding School Fiction, 1928-1981: A Critical Study
Author:   Alexander H. Pitofsky
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786478651


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 August 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alexander H. Pitofsky
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780786478651


ISBN 10:   0786478659
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 August 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: “The Freshest Boy” and the ­Prep-School Myth 1. Masculine Competition and ­Boarding-School Culture in The Catcher in the Rye 2. Unseen Academy: John Knowles’s A Separate Peace 3. Campus Politics and Endless Adolescence in The Rector of Justin 4. Sexuality, Gothic Melodrama, and ­Boarding-School Fiction: James Kirkwood’s Good Times/Bad Times 5. “That was what made the school so useless”: ­Anti-Prep Broadsides and A Good School 6. Isolation and Conflict in Tea and Sympathy and Peace Breaks Out Conclusion: An Indestructible Myth Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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Alexander H. Pitofsky, a professor of English at Appalachian State University, has published articles on American novels in Twentieth Century Literature, Studies in American Culture, Papers on Language & Literature, The Mark Twain Annual, and other journals. He lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

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