The Radical Fiction of Ann Petry

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the radical fiction of ann petry This page intentionally left blank louisiana state university press baton rouge keith clark the radical fiction of ann petry Published by Louisiana State University Press Copyright © 2013 by Louisiana State University Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing designer: Michelle A. Neustrom typeface: Livory printer: McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. binder: Dekker Bookbinding library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Clark, Keith, 1963– The radical fiction of Ann Petry / Keith Clark. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8071-5066-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5067-2 (pdf) — ISBN 9780 -8071-5068-9 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-8071-5069-6 (mobi) 1. Petry, Ann, 1908–1997—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PS3531.E933Z63 2013 813'.54—dc23 2012039922 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. ⬁ 䊊 Brief portions of chapter 3’s discussion of “Miss Muriel” were published previously in my essay “‘From a Thousand Different Points of View’: The Multiple Masculinities of Ann Petry’s ‘Miss Muriel.’” In Ann Petry’s Short Fiction: Critical Essays, ed. Hazel Arnett Ervin and Hilary Holladay (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004). Reprinted with the permission of the publisher. Quotations from Petry’s letters, which are included in the Ann Petry Collection in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, are reprinted with the Center’s permission. Excerpts from Ann Petry: A Bio-Bibliography, ed. Hazel Arnett Ervin (New York: G. K. Hall & Company , 1993). Reprinted with the permission of the editor. For my parents, Morris and Millicent Lowery Clark. And for their siblings: Constantine Wilson, Sylvia Leach, Winston Lowery, William Lowery, Terry Edwards, John Lowery, and Theodore Clark . . . Marvelous aunts and uncles whose lifelong love, guidance, and support have provided inestimable blessings. This page intentionally left blank ...