Pictures From an Institution
Book 52 of Phoenix Fiction
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Jan 1, 1954
Collection:
Nonfiction
Reading Ease:
74.03
Page Count:
235
Topic:
U Chicago Press Monthly Giveaway
Word Count:
78471
Book Details
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Description:
Beneath the unassuming surface of a progressive women’s college lurks a world of intellectual pride and pomposity awaiting devastation by the pens of two brilliant and appalling wits. Randall Jarrell’s classic novel was originally published to overwhelming critical acclaim in 1954, forging a new standard for campus satire—and instantly yielding comparisons to Dorothy Parker’s razor-sharp barbs. Like his fictional nemesis, Jarrell cuts through the earnest conversations at Benton College—mischievously, but with mischief nowhere more wicked than when crusading against the vitriolic heroine herself.