The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature)

1554 Pages·2011·16.9 MB·English

by  Brian W. Shaffer

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Ishiguro(1998),andReadingtheNovelinEnglish1950–2000(Wiley-Blackwell2006).Heisthe
co-editorofApproachestoTeachingConrad’s“HeartofDarkness”and“TheSecretSharer”(2002),
andConversationswithKazuoIshiguro(2008),andtheeditorofACompaniontotheBritishand
IrishNovel1945–2000(Wiley-Blackwell2005).
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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
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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
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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
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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
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