American Novel. vol. I (A-F)(1)

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THE FACTS ON FILE
COMPANION TO THE
AMERICAN
VOLUME I
A–F
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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
Copyright © 2006 by Abby H. P. Werlock
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The Facts on File companion to the American novel / [edited by] Abby H. P. Werlock.
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Stories, plots, etc. I. Title: Companion to the American novel. II. Werlock, Abby H. P.
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CONTENTS
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VOLUME I
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
ENTRIES A TO F
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
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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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