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Thematic Guide to the
AMERICAN NOVEL
Lynda G. Adamson
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut London
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In honor of Bill and for Frank, Frank III, and Gregory
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Adamson, Lynda G.
Thematic guide to the American novel / by Lynda G. Adamson.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0–313–31194–3 (alk. paper)
1. American fiction—Themes, motives—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. American
fiction—Outlines, syllabi, etc. I. Title.
PS373.A33 2002
813.009—dc21 2001040565
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2002 by Lynda G. Adamson
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001040565
ISBN: 0–313–31194–3
First published in 2002
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
www.greenwood.com
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).
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Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
ix
Abandonment
1
Absurdity of War
8
Alienation
15
American Dream
21
Battered Women
28
Being and Becoming
34
Bereavement
42
Betrayal
48
Community
55
Compassion
62
Corrupting Power
68
Courage
75
Cultural Conflict
81
Death
88
Disabled
95
Duty
101
Emotional Abuse
108
Family
115
Fathers and Sons
122
Friendship
128
Greed
135
Grotesques
142
vi
CONTENTS
Healers
149
Immigrant Life
156
Imprisonment
163
Independent Women
170
Injustice
177
Journeys
184
Knowableness of God
191
Loneliness
198
Loss
205
Love
211
Male Behavior
218
Masquerading
225
Mothers and Daughters
231
Multiracial Offspring
237
Nature 244
Oppression 251
Outsiders 258
Quests 265
Rejection 271
Responsibility 278
Revealing Family History 284
Search for a Father 290
Search for Identity 297
Storytelling 304
Suicide 311
Survival 318
Trials 324
Value of Land 330
Appendix A: Additional Suggested Themes and Topics
337
Appendix B: Guide to Suggested Themes in 150 American Novels
347
Author/Title Index
357
Subject and Character Index
367

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