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THE FACTS ON FILE

COMPANION TO THE

AMERICAN

VOLUME I

A–F

EDITED BY ABBY H. P. WERLOCK

ASSISTANT EDITOR: JAMES P. WERLOCK

NOVEL

To my father,

Thomas Kennedy Potter, Jr. (1917–2003)

The Facts On File Companion to the American Novel

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The Facts on File companion to the American novel / [edited by] Abby H. P. Werlock.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. American fiction—Encyclopedias. 2. American fiction—Bio-bibliography. 3. American fiction—

Stories, plots, etc. I. Title: Companion to the American novel. II. Werlock, Abby H. P.

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CONTENTS

VOLUME I

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv

INTRODUCTION vi

ENTRIES A TO F 1

VOLUME II

ENTRIES G TO O 473

VOLUME III

ENTRIES P TO Z 1013

SUBJECT ENTRIES

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN NOVEL

THE ASIAN-AMERICAN NOVEL

THE LATINO NOVEL

THE DETECTIVE NOVEL

THE NATIVE AMERICAN NOVEL

APPENDICES

I. LIST OF MAJOR PRIZEWINNERS 1441

II. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1449

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS 1553

INDEX 1555

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A book of this scope owes its success to a stunning array

of experts in myriad areas. Anne Savarese, former senior

editor with Facts On File, conceived the work as the nat-

ural offspring of The Facts On File Companion to the

American Short Story, published in 2000. Since then the

manuscript has been shepherded by three highly gifted

and dedicated editors: the multitalented Facts On File

executive editor Jeff Soloway has overseen the work from

beginning to end; author, editor, literary critic, and friend

Mickey Pearlman focused her impeccable editorial

expertise on hundreds of author entries; and my hus-

band and assistant editor, Jim Werlock, concentrated his

editorial and bibliographical skills on both author and

novel entries. Additionally, Facts On File assistant editor

Cameron Dufty provided excellent feedback on the man-

uscript. To the gifted scholars who contributed lively,

original and jargon-free essays on American novels, I owe

a huge debt of gratitude, not only for their expertise, but

also for the time they stole from full-time jobs and busy

lives in order to enhance the quality of this book. Their

names appear after each entry, and their names and affil-

iations appear on the contributors list. For their long-

term support of this undertaking, I am grateful to my

agent, Diana Finch, formerly of the Ellen Levine Literary

Agency, and to Laurie Likoff, editorial director of Facts

On File. Thanks, too, go to Professors Robert DeMott,

Ohio University; Rocio Davis, University of Navarre,

Spain; Susan Goodman, University of Delaware; Michael

J. Kiskis, Elmira College; Anna Leahy, North Central

College; Helen Pike Bauer, Iona College; and Michael J.

Meyer, DePaul University, all of whom helped me to

match qualified scholars with particular American nov-

els. Mickey Pearlman’s PowerPunch, a women’s empower-

ment group in New Jersey consisting of talented women

in all fields, provided both encouragement and profes-

sional contributions. Thanks also to Kelly Flanagan and

the National Council for Teachers of English; The

American Literature Association Web site; and the

University of Pennsylvania Call for Papers Mailing List,

all of which proved to be valuable resources.

Librarians and libraries make all research and schol-

arship possible, and I particularly wish to thank Sue

Wolfe, librarian, Allen F. Pierce Free Library in Troy,

Pennsylvania, for acquisitions and access that smoothed

the way for this book. At Mansfield University Library,

Larry Nesbit, director of communications; Karen

LeMasters, head of interlibrary loan; and Beth Williams,

head of circulation, provided invaluable access and

assistance with databases and interlibrary loan.

Professor Laurie Hime of the Miami Dade Community

College Library provided specialized assistance on

numerous occasions. Of the many databases and refer-

ence books helpful in compiling this book, three in par-

ticular we found useful for background information: the

Gale Group’s Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of

Literary Biography and Greenwood Publishing’s Bio-

Bibliographical Sourcebooks. I wish to pay special tribute

to Matt Strange of Autograph Systems in Mansfield,

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