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In Pursuit of Happiness: Escape, Change, and Return in Contemporary Academic Novels, Or Why I Read Campus Novels, But Possibly Shouldn’t

Marta Łysik
Marta Łysik
   | Jun 11, 2016
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Published Online: Jun 11, 2016
Page range: 109 - 121
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2016-0007
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© 2016 ABC Studies, Journal of the Academic Anglophone Society of Romania
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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.

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