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Johnson, Diane (Lain)
Johnson, Diane [Lain] (1934–), born in Illinois, long resident in California, where she earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and taught at the University of California, Davis. Her novels include Fair Game (1965), a comic portrayal of four men variously involved with the same woman; Loving Hands at Home (1968), a farcical treatment of a Mormon family; Burning (1971), an apocalyptic view of lives in Los Angeles; The Shadow Knows (1972), portraying the terrifying experiences of a victimized woman; Lying Low (1978), depicting a young woman hiding out as a fugitive in a small California town; and Persian Nights (1987), about the social and emotional life of a young American woman in Persia on its eve of revolution. Lesser Lives (1972) is a biography of the daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, who was the wife of George Meredith, and she also wrote Dashiell Hammett: A Life (1983). Terrorists and Novelists (1982) collects book reviews.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Johnson, Diane (Lain)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Johnson, Diane (Lain)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JohnsonDianeLain.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Johnson, Diane (Lain)." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JohnsonDianeLain.html |
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Johnson, Diane
Johnson, Diane (1934– ), American novelist and biographer, born in Illinois and educated at the universities of Utah and California. Her ironic and observant novels, many of which have a hint of thriller suspense, include Fair Game (1965), The Shadow Knows (1972), Persian Nights (1987), Health and Happiness (1990), and Le Divorce (1997), a Jamesian novel of manners with a violent undertow set in Paris. She has also written an innovative feminist life of Mary Ellen Peacock, wife of G. Meredith (Lesser Lives, 1972), and a life of D. Hammett (1983).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Johnson, Diane." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Johnson, Diane." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-JohnsonDiane.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Johnson, Diane." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-JohnsonDiane.html |
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