<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></abstract>

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.

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

American, British and Canadian Studies

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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...

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

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 109 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2016-0007

Keywords
happiness, academic novel, Rachel Kadish, Graeme Simsion, Elisabeth Brink,

© 2016 ABC Studies, Journal of the Academic Anglophone Society of Romania

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: Jun 11, 2016

Page range: 109 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2016-0007

Keywordshappiness, academic novel, Rachel Kadish, Graeme Simsion, Elisabeth Brink,

© 2016 ABC Studies, Journal of the Academic Anglophone Society of Romania

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
happiness, academic novel, Rachel Kadish, Graeme Simsion, Elisabeth Brink,