1 8 8 0 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁Ut ah ▁Territ ory <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Gro ves ▁of ▁A cade me ▁( 1 9 5 2 ) ▁is ▁a ▁novel ▁by ▁American ▁writer ▁Mary ▁Mc Car thy . ▁Consider ed ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁academic ▁nov els , ▁it ▁concerns ▁the ▁sequence ▁of ▁events ▁that ▁take ▁place ▁after ▁Henry ▁Mul c ah y , ▁a ▁literary ▁instruct or ▁at ▁the ▁fict ive ▁J oc ely n ▁College , ▁lear ns ▁that ▁his ▁teaching ▁appointment ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁renew ed . ▁The ▁novel ▁is ▁intended ▁as ▁a ▁sat ire ▁of ▁academ ics ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁author ' s ▁teaching ▁experiences ▁at ▁B ard ▁and ▁Sarah ▁Lawrence ▁Colleg es . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁pre fac ed ▁by ▁a ▁quote ▁from ▁Hor ace ' s ▁Ep ist les , ▁At que ▁inter ▁sil vas ▁academ i ▁qu a er ere ▁ver um , ▁which ▁transl ates ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁as ▁" And ▁Se ek ▁for ▁Tr uth ▁in ▁the ▁Garden ▁of ▁Academ us ." ▁The ▁book ' s ▁first ▁chapter , ▁" An ▁Une x pected ▁Let ter ," ▁originally ▁appeared ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁York er . ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁is ▁written ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁person , ▁om nis cient ▁narr ative ▁mode ▁and ▁begins ▁from ▁Henry ▁Mul c ah y ' s ▁perspective , ▁but ▁later ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁pers pect ives ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁fac ulty ▁members ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁story , ▁Dom na ▁Re j ne v ▁in ▁particular . ▁