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Editor BrianW.ShafferisProfessorofEnglishandAssociateDeanofAcademicAffairs forFaculty DevelopmentatRhodesCollege,USA. HispreviouspublicationsincludeUnderstandingKazuo Ishiguro(1998),andReadingtheNovelinEnglish1950–2000(Wiley-Blackwell2006).Heisthe co-editorofApproachestoTeachingConrad’s“HeartofDarkness”and“TheSecretSharer”(2002), andConversationswithKazuoIshiguro(2008),andtheeditorofACompaniontotheBritishand IrishNovel1945–2000(Wiley-Blackwell2005). (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature www.literatureencyclopedia.com TheWiley-BlackwellEncyclopediaofLiteratureisacomprehensive,scholarly,authoritative,and criticaloverviewofliteratureandtheorycomprisingindividualtitlescoveringkeyliterarygenres, periods,andsub-disciplines.Availablebothinprintandonline,thisgroundbreakingresource provides students, teachers, and researchers with cutting-edge scholarship in literature and literarystudies. Published: TheEncyclopediaofLiteraryandCulturalTheory,GeneralEditor:MichaelRyan TheEncyclopediaoftheNovel,GeneralEditor:PeterMelvilleLogan TheEncyclopediaofTwentieth-CenturyFiction,GeneralEditor:BrianW.Shaffer Forthcoming: The Encyclopedia of English Renaissance Literature, General Editors: Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. andAlanStewart TheEncyclopediaofRomanticLiterature,GeneralEditor:FrederickBurwick TheEncyclopedia oftheGothic, General Editors:WilliamHughes,DavidPunter, andAndrew Smith TheEncyclopediaofPostcolonialStudies,GeneralEditors:SangeetaRayandHenrySchwarz (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction General editor: Brian W. Shaffer Volume I Twentieth-Century British and Irish Fiction Volume II Twentieth-Century American Fiction Volume III Twentieth-Century World Fiction (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Theencyclopediaoftwentieth-centuryfiction/generaleditor,BrianW.Shaffer. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4051-9244-6(hardcover:alk.paper) 1.Englishfiction–20thcentury–Historyandcriticism–Encyclopedias.2.Americanfiction–20th century–Historyandcriticism–Encyclopedias.3.Commonwealthfiction(English)–Historyand criticism–Encyclopedias.4.Authors,English–20thcentury–Biography–Dictionaries.5.Authors,American–20th century–Biography–Dictionaries.6.Authors,Commonwealth–20thcentury–Biography–Dictionaries.I.Shaffer, BrianW.,1960-II.O’Donnell,Patrick,1948-III.Ball,JohnClement,1960-IV.Title:Encyclopediaof 20th-centuryfiction. PR881.E482011 823’.910903–dc22 2010016469 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. Setin9.5/11.5MinionbyThomsonDigital,Noida,India 01 2011 (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. To Rachel, Hannah, and Ruth (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Contents Volume I: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Fiction Edited by Brian W. Shaffer List of entries ix Preface to The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction xv Acknowledgments xix Notes on contributors to volume I xxi Introduction to volume I 1 British and Irish Fiction: A–Z 7 Volume II: Twentieth-Century American Fiction Edited by Patrick O’Donnell, David W. Madden, and Justus Nieland List of entries vii Acknowledgments xiii Notes on contributors to volume II xv Introduction to volume II 421 American Fiction: A–Z 427 Volume III: Twentieth-Century World Fiction Edited by John Clement Ball List of entries vii Acknowledgments xiii Notes on contributors to volume III xv Introduction to volume III 937 World Fiction: A–Z 942 Index 1400 (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. List of Entries Volume I: Twentieth-Century British and Irish Fiction Ackroyd,Peter 7 Firbank,Ronald 129 Aldington,Richard 8 Fitzgerald,Penelope 130 Amis,Kingsley 10 Ford,FordMadox 132 Amis,Martin 13 Forster,E.M. 136 AngryYoungManFiction 15 Fowles,John 140 AwardsandPrizes 19 Frayn,Michael 143 Bainbridge,Beryl 24 Galloway,Janice 146 Ballard,J.G. 26 Galsworthy,John 147 Banville,John 28 Gibbon,LewisGrassic 151 Barker,Pat 29 GlobalizationandtheNovel 152 Barnes,Julian 31 Golding,William 156 Beckett,Samuel 34 Graves,Robert 159 Bennett,Arnold 39 Gray,Alasdair 161 Berger,John 40 Green,Henry 162 Bolger,Dermot 42 Greene,Graham 165 Bowen,Elizabeth 44 Gunn,NeilM. 170 Boyd,William 46 Hamilton,Patrick 172 Brooke-Rose,Christine 47 HistoricalFiction 174 Brookner,Anita 49 Hollinghurst,Alan 178 Byatt,A.S. 51 Huxley,Aldous 180 CampusNovel 54 IrishFiction 184 Carswell,Catherine 57 Isherwood,Christopher 189 Carter,Angela 58 Ishiguro,Kazuo 192 Cary,Joyce 62 James,P.D. 195 CensorshipandtheNovel 63 Jenkins,Robin 196 ChicklitandLadlit 68 JewishFiction 198 Children’sandYoungAdultFiction 71 Jhabvala,RuthPrawer 202 Coe,Jonathan 75 Johnson,B.S. 203 ColonialFiction 77 Joyce,James 205 Compton-Burnett,Ivy 82 Kelman,James 211 Conrad,Joseph 83 Kennedy,A.L. 213 Crace,Jim 88 Kiely,Benedict 214 CriticalTheoryandtheNovel 90 Kureishi,Hanif 217 Doyle,Roddy 98 Lawrence,D.H. 219 Drabble,Margaret 99 Lehmann,Rosamond 225 Durrell,Lawrence 102 Lewis,Wyndham 227 EdwardianFiction 106 Lively,Penelope 230 FantasyFiction 113 LondoninFiction 232 Farrell,J.G. 117 Lowry,Malcolm 237 FeministFiction 119 Macaulay,Rose 241 Figes,Eva 123 Manning,Olivia 242 TheFilmIndustryandFiction 125 Mantel,Hilary 244 (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved. x LIST OF ENTRIES Maugham,W.Somerset 246 Richardson,Dorothy 328 McCabe,Patrick 249 ScienceFiction 332 McEwan,Ian 250 Scott,Paul 337 McGahern,John 253 ScottishFiction 339 McLiamWilson,Robert 254 Self,Will 344 Mo,Timothy 256 Sinclair,Iain 346 ModernistFiction 257 Sinclair,May 348 Moore,Brian 262 Smith,Zadie 350 Murdoch,Iris 264 Spark,Muriel 352 Mystery/Detective/CrimeFiction 267 Storey,David 355 O’Brien,Edna 272 Swift,Graham 357 O’Brien,Flann 275 Thomas,D.M. 359 O’Connor,Frank 278 To(cid:1)ib(cid:1)ın,Colm 361 O’Flaherty,Liam 279 Trevor,William 364 Orwell,George 281 Upward,Edward 367 Phillips,Caryl 287 UtopianandDystopianFiction 368 PoliticsandtheNovel 288 Warner,Alan 374 PostcolonialFictionoftheAfrican Waugh,Evelyn 376 Diaspora 294 Weldon,Fay 380 PostcolonialFictionoftheBritishSouth Wells,H.G. 382 AsianDiaspora 298 WelshFictioninEnglish 385 PostcolonialFictionoftheWestIndian/ Welsh,Irvine 390 CaribbeanDiaspora 303 West,Rebecca 392 PostmodernistFiction 308 Wilson,Angus 394 Powell,Anthony 313 Winterson,Jeanette 397 Priestley,J.B. 314 Wodehouse,P.G. 398 ThePublishingIndustry:TheRiseofthe Woolf,Virginia 401 Paperback 316 Working-ClassFiction 406 Pym,Barbara 320 WorldWarIinFiction 412 Queer/AlternativeSexualitiesin WorldWarIIinFiction 416 Fiction 322 Volume II: Twentieth-Century American Fiction Acker,Kathy 427 Boyle,Kay 469 Agee,James 428 Brautigan,Richard 471 Alexie,Sherman 430 Buck,PearlS. 472 Algren,Nelson 432 Bukowski,Charles 474 Anaya,Rudolfo 434 Burroughs,William 476 Anderson,Sherwood 435 Butler,Octavia 479 Auster,Paul 438 Cain,JamesM. 481 TheAvantGardeNovel 439 Canfield,Dorothy 482 Baker,Nicholson 445 Carver,Raymond 484 Baldwin,James 446 Castillo,Ana 486 Banks,Russell 449 Cather,Willa 487 Barnes,Djuna 451 Chabon,Michael 491 Barth,John 454 Chandler,Raymond 493 Barthelme,Donald 458 Cheever,John 494 Bellow,Saul 459 Chesnutt,CharlesW. 496 Berger,Thomas 464 Cisneros,Sandra 499 BorderFictions 465 TheCityinFiction 500 (c) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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