Findings

·Very little early reception ·Positive ·Themes of sadness

Wiegentein Weigentein explores the theme of "Stoner" as a college novel[1]

Reviews

The early reviews that I was assigned to read were largely positive, but with some criticism of the main character and his unchanging personality.

  1. ^ Wiegenstein, Steve. The Academic Novel and the Academic Ideal: John Williams' Stoner. The McNeese Review. 2011.