Carson McCullers
Mccullers, Carson - 1917–67, American novelist, b. Columbus, Ga. as Lula Carson Smith, studied at Columbia. The central theme of her novels is the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition. Her characters are usually outcasts and misfits whose longings for love are never fulfilled. In her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), a deaf-mute is the focus of a circle of Read More...
Mccullers, Carson - 1917–67, American novelist, b. Columbus, Ga. as Lula Carson Smith, studied at Columbia. The central theme of her novels is the spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition. Her characters are usually outcasts and misfits whose longings for love are never fulfilled. In her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), a deaf-mute is the focus of a circle of sad and tormented people. The Member of the Wedding (1946; dramatization, 1950), her best-known work, is the tender story of a lonely adolescent girl. Her other works include the novels Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) and Clock without Hands (1961); a volume of stories, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951; title story dramatized by Edward Albee in 1963); and a play, The Square Root of Wonderful (1958). As a result of misdiagnosed rheumatic fever in her adolescence, McCullers suffered a series of strokes during her twenties that left her partially paralyzed; during her last years she was confined to a wheelchair. A posthumous collection of her writings, The Mortgaged Heart, was published in 1972. See her Complete Novels (2001); C. L. Dews, ed., Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers (1967, pub. 1999); biographies by O. W. Evans (1965), V. Spencer-Carr (1975), and J. Savigneau (2001); study by M. McDowell (1980). The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. |
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Growing up Female: Adolescent Girlhood in American Fiction (Chap. V "Loss of Self in Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding")
by Barbara A. White. 268 pgs.
"Barbara White has written a thoroughly researched, detailed description of patterns of women's experience in fiction for adolescents. This well-written study should be required reading for graduate students and library school educators. It belongs in academic libraries, public libraries, and school libraries' professional collections and should be valuable reading for all adults who work with and/or live with adolescents." Choice
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Women in Literature: Reading through the Lens of Gender ("Critiquing 'The We of Me': Gender Roles in Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding" begins on p. 191)
by Jerilyn Fisher, Ellen S. Silber. 358 pgs.
This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female perspective in literature.
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New American Gothic (Includes discussion of Carson McCullers in multiple chapters)
by Irving Malin. 175 pgs.
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The Art of Southern Fiction: A Study of Some Modern Novelists (Chap. 3 "Eudora Welty and Carson McCullers")
by Frederick J. Hoffman. 200 pgs.
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American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960, Vol. 2 ("Carson McCullers (1917-1967)" begins on p. 71)
by Harold Bloom. 176 pgs.
Part of an ongoing series covering the texts and lives of the most important women writers of English, this book contains introductory essays by Harold Bloom and provides biographical information, a wide selection of critical excerpts, and complete bibliographies of 11 authors.
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Radiant Daughters: Fictional American Women (Discussion of Carson McCullers begins on p. 19)
by Thelma J. Shinn. 222 pgs.
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The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story ("Carson McCullers (1917-1967)" begins on p. 369)
by Blanche H. Gelfant, Lawrence Graver. 880 pgs.
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Contemporary American Novelists ("Eudora Welty and Carson McCullers" begins on p. 41)
by Harry T. Moore. 238 pgs.
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American Women Writers, 1900-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Carson McCullers (1917-1967)" begins on p. 224)
by Laurie Champion, Emmanuel S. Nelson. 412 pgs.
Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons, not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover neglected women writers and their works. This reference includes alphabetically arranged entries on 58 American women authors who wrote between 1900 and 1945, a period that embraces two major artistic movements, Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a review of the author's critical reception, and extensive primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume reflects the diversity of American culture through its coverage of African American, Native American, Mexican American, and Chinese American women writers.
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American Women Playwrights, 1900-1950 ("Carson McCullers (1917-1967)" begins on p. 451)
by Yvonne Shafer. 548 pgs.
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Fifty Southern Writers after 1900: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook ("Carson McCullers (1917-1967)" begins on p. 301)
by Joseph M. Flora, Robert Bain. 630 pgs.
..."The scholarship is meticulous and the essays are lucid and perceptive..." Library Journal
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Women, Literature, Criticism ("'Bound' Characters in Porter, Welty, McCullers: The Prerevolutionary Status of Women in American Fiction" begins on p. 95)
by Harry R. Garvin. 178 pgs.
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