What is Campus novel?
A '''campus novel''', also called the '''academic novel''', is a [[novel]] that's story is around or about a [[campus]] of a [[university]]. The genre is said to have started in the [[1950s]]. ''[[The Groves of Academe]]'' by [[Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy]], written in 1952, is often called the first campus novel, but some have also said that novels such as [[C.P. Snow]]'s ''[[Strangers and Brothers|The Masters]]'', of the year before, were campus novels. {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Genres of fiction]]