| 1962 | Love and Friendship. This is the first of the author's witty, satirical accounts of academic and literary life. It would be followed by The Nowhere City (1965), Imaginary Friends (1967), and Real People (1969). |
| 1974 | The War Between the Tates. Lurie's novel chronicles the breakdown of a marriage, which she employs as a metaphor for the decline of U.S. fortunes during the war in Vietnam. She would revisit many of the same themes in Only Children (1979). Born in Chicago and educated at Radcliffe, Lurie taught English at Cornell University after 1968. |
| 1984 | Foreign Affairs. Lurie's story takes place on a college campus and in London and exemplifies her satiric approach to academic life and her Henry James-like observations of contemporary manners. The novel wins the Pulitzer Prize. |
| 1990 | Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: Subversive Children's Literature. This collection of essays and reviews by the renowned novelist explores the nuances of children's literature. She deals with the Nancy Drew mysteries, the Oz books, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Women, Peter Pan, and other works that convey to children precisely the kind of knowledge about their world that their parents and guardians wish to withhold from them. |
| 1998 | The Last Resort. Highly praised for her novels about marriage and social manners, Lurie focuses in this novel on a middle-aged couple who decide to separate and explore romance in Key West. |
The Chronology of American Literature, edited by Daniel S. Burt. Copyright © 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
