The Groves of Academe (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Mary McCarthy
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Truth, Revenge, Human behavior, Colleges or universities
- Locales: Pennsylvania
The Groves of Academe is McCarthy's satiric foray against the administrations and the faculties of liberal higher education. The title is derived from a Horatian quote concerning the search for “truth” within the “groves” of academia. Clearly, from the opening of the first chapter, Henry Mulcahy and the other erudites who scheme to manipulate people and situations to their own ends do not have the search for truth first on their agenda. Even the most nobly portrayed professor, Domna Rejnev, places her own self-interest above truth and the safety of a colleague.
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