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Wiegenstein:

Background criteria- Plot summary criteria-
 * John William's death led to deeper interest in his work
 * "College novels" "Academic novels" are an academic genre
 * Teacher vs. student roles
 * Military and WW2 influences

Character criteria- Theme- Escape from routine
 * powerlessness of main character (p. 39)
 * professional rank and actions
 * sexual involvement
 * explosion

Style- intrinsic

Critical reception- Summary: A pattern emerges in academic themed novels.
 * "bleak and predictable"
 * plays on stereotypes

A Dignified Reservation:

Background criteria-
 * politically motivated

Plot summary criteria-
 * entered the academic world despite his background
 * Struggling relationships with family and wife
 * Affair and conflicts at work

Character criteria- Theme-
 * character of temptation: Edith Bostwick
 * character of conflict Hollis Lomax
 * Mid-life crisis/ escape from present

Style- Critical reception- Summary: Correlation between Augustus and Stoner
 * Conversational
 * focus on relationships
 * "disorder of ordinary life" (p. 21)

NYKer Review:

Background criteria-
 * born in 1891 on a farm

Plot summary criteria-
 * absence of love
 * cheated by the world
 * scandal

Character criteria- Theme- martyrdom
 * dejected man
 * wife and child have journeys of struggle

Style- brevity

Critical reception-

Summary: An ordinary man lived with good intentions but was dealt a bad hand in life.

John Williams Deserved to be read today:

Background criteria-
 * William's was professor at University of Denver
 * won National Book Award
 * short man and chain smoker with emphysema

Plot summary criteria-
 * A common man
 * high standards regarding fictional work
 * a great mentor with good relationships with his students

Character criteria-

Theme-

Style- conversational

Critical reception-

Summary: Background into John Williams