Dictionary of American literary characters
By: edited by Benjamin Franklin V ; associate editors, Gary Geer and Judith Haig.
Contributors: Franklin, Benjamin, 1939-; Geer, Gary.; Haig, Judith Giblin.
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 542
Subjects: American fiction -- Dictionaries.; Characters and characteristics in literature -- Dictionaries.
Description: Describes and identifies the major characters in significant America novels--in addition to those in some uncelebrated novels and in a sampling of best sellers. A few of the books are often referred to as novellas, and some as "non-fiction novels." Covers the period 1789 through 1979. The entries are factual and contain little interpretation. The index lists characters alphabetically by novel.
Notes: "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
Includes index.