In Plato's Cave

In this candid and delightful memoir, Alvin Kernan recalls his life as a student, professor, provost, and dean during turbulent decades of change in the hallowed halls of Columbia, Williams, Oxford, Yale, and Princeton. His vividly remembered account is a unique personal story and more---it is also a history of what has been won, and lost, in the culture wars of the second half of the twentieth-century.

About the author

Alvin Kernan is senior advisor in the humanities at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Summary

In this memoir, Alvin Kernan recalls his life as a student, professor, provost and dean during his career in higher education. He recounts experiences at Columbia, Williams, Oxford, Yale and Princeton against a background of what it was like to work and teach in times of turbulent change.

Product details

• Authors: Alvin Kernan, Alvin B. Kernan
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2000
• EAN: 9780300082678
• ISBN: 978-0-300-08267-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Weight: 494 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies