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02866aam a2200433 i 4500 001 F38D308A3D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230818010103 008 220920s2023 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022041182 020 $a 1666901938 020 $a 9781666901931 035 $a (OCoLC)1345667858 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d IND $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS374.B638 $b P58 2023 082 00 $a 813/.54093557 $2 23/eng/20220929 100 1 $a Pitofsky, Alexander H., $e author. 245 10 $a American boarding school fiction, 1981-2021 : $b inclusion and scandal / $c Alexander H. Pitofsky. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Lexington Books, $c [2023] 300 $a xv, 193 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "American Boarding School Fiction, 1981-2021: Inclusion and Scandal is a study of contemporary American boarding-school narratives. It discusses a new generation of writers who have made American school fiction far more inclusive and wide-ranging than it was in the era dominated by best sellers such as J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and John Knowles's A Separate Peace"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Reinventing the American Boarding-School Novel -- 'The Best is Over': Tragedy, Nostalgia, and Richard A. Hawley's The Headmaster's Papers -- Ethan Canin's 'The Palace Thief': A Lifetime at School -- The Limits of Post-Blackness: Martha Southgate's The Fall of Rome -- Women Without Men: Carol Goodman's The Lake of Dead Languages -- 'Schools Like Ours Are Vulnerable to Criticism': Tobias Wolff's Old School -- Behind the Ivy-Armored Walls: Curtis Sittenfeld's Prep -- 'A Long-Held Academic Fantasy': The Generation Gap in Anita Shreve's Testimony -- Children of the Top 1 Percent: Amber Dermont's The Starboard Sea -- Conclusion: An Ongoing Reinvention. 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 650 0 $a American fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a American fiction $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Boarding schools in literature. 650 0 $a Education in literature. 650 7 $a American fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807048 650 7 $a Boarding schools in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01202438 650 7 $a Education in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902865 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01986215 655 7 $a Literary criticism. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pitofsky, Alexander H. $t American boarding school fiction, 1981-2021 $d Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023] $z 9781666901948 $w (DLC) 2022041183 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012514.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F38D308A3D8C11EE8AE814B62EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search