The Abuses of Political Correctness in American Academia: Reading Philip Roth’s The Human Stain in Light of Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe

Both Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe (1952) and Philip Roth’s The Human Stain (2000) are campus novels satirizing the political environment of their time. Roth’s novel presents the life story of Coleman Silk, a classics professor at fictional Athena College who is towards the end of his caree...

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Main Author: Petr Anténe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pardubice 2015-12-01
Series:American and British Studies Annual
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Online Access:https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2276