tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post3528209838649240153..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Laughing at Us: Academic NovelsRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-47643699991704159412010-12-26T16:15:42.014-05:002010-12-26T16:15:42.014-05:00Love Russo. And I also embarrassingly love pedest...Love Russo. And I also embarrassingly love pedestrian mystery novels that feature academics. I assume/hope we're always making fun of ourselves. Hadn't heard of the Luke Wilson film. That looks like good times. Yes, I think sometimes we turn to novels because we're spending our life blood writing things that maybe 9 people will read. I'd love to write something that my family would spend/waste some time reading. v. jealous.Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-85516033434454211022010-12-24T19:18:28.384-05:002010-12-24T19:18:28.384-05:00Stoner by John Williams is excellent. Richard Russ...Stoner by John Williams is excellent. Richard Russo wrote another excellent one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413553265267291092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-44833040132340448362010-12-23T12:51:01.324-05:002010-12-23T12:51:01.324-05:00And then there's the whole genre of trashy nov...And then there's the whole genre of trashy novels written by academics under pen names. I love those... and wish we could get some of that plotline and colorful narrative into more serious scholarship.hcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-19339165720433541422010-12-23T12:18:53.447-05:002010-12-23T12:18:53.447-05:00I don't think of the academic novel as a recen...I don't think of the academic novel as a recent development, because the academic novel was among the first wave of modern novels written in Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Natsume Soseki's <i>Kokoro</i> and <i>Botchan</i> are both centered on the experience of university students and graduates. The former is a tragedy, the latter a comedy, but even <i>Kokoro</i>'s commentary on the academic enterprise is wry and detached.Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.com