In Pursuit of Happiness: Escape, Change, and Return in Contemporary Academic Novels, Or Why I Read Campus Novels, But Possibly Shouldn’t
| 11 jun 2016
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Publicado en línea: 11 jun 2016
Páginas: 109 - 121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2016-0007
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In this personal essay, the author compares her academic experiences to those of characters in the campus novels she enjoys reading. The novels she discusses here share a thematic concern with happiness and all seem to indicate that professional fulfillment and academic status are not sufficient in order to achieve that state.