Wesley Beal
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Wesley Beal's research focuses on the American campus novel, examining its role in exploring themes of identity, culture wars, and intellectualism within academic settings. His recent publications delve into various aspects of this literary genre, including its engagement with productivism, anti-intellectualism, and the concept of academic freedom as a keyword and codeword in contemporary discourse. Beal's work also investigates the historical and cultural contexts of universities, with titles addressing campus fictions, characters, and notions of exemption and utopia. His scholarship has led to the development of introductions to the American campus novel and discussions on teaching the university. Beal's research contributes to the understanding of how literary representations reflect and shape perceptions of higher education and its associated cultural and political debates.
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- h-index: 1
- Publications: 9
- Citations: 4
Selected Publications
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Campus Characters: Exemption and Utopia on Campus (2024)
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Identity and Culture War on Campus (2024)
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Hardly Workin; or, the Valences of Productivism in Campus Novels (2024)
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Introductions to the American Campus Novel (2024)
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On Teaching the University (2024)
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Anti-intellectualism, “Theory,” and the Reactionary Impulses of the Campus Novel (2024)
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Subordinations of Academic Freedom: “Speech” as Campus Keyword and Codeword (2024)
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Campus Fictions (2024)
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Unauthorized Sex?: Sex, Power, and Privilege in the Campus Novel (2024)
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