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Is there any actual book that has the plot; "middle aged English professor agonizes for 100 pages about whether or not to sleep...

talkinggorillabutler asked:

Is there any actual book that has the plot; "middle aged English professor agonizes for 100 pages about whether or not to sleep with his grad student" or is that a platonic ideal stereotype of mid century literary fiction?

I mean I’m sure “academic fiction” was a thing cause what else was White Noise riffing off?