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Carson McCullers (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Carson McCullers’s remarkable first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), establishes the themes that were to concern her in all her other writing: the spiritual isolation of individuals and their attempt to transcend loneliness through love. Thereafter, she wrote short stories, some poetry (mostly for children), three other novels, and two plays. The most popular of the novels, The Member of the Wedding (1946), she adapted for the stage; the play was a great success on Broadway and was also made into an award-winning film. The...
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Ballad of the Sad Café, The (Short Stories) -
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Ballad of the Sad Café, The (Identities and Issues) -
Ballad of the Sad Café, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The (Women’s Literature) -
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The (Character Profiles) -
Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The (Literary Places) -
Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland (Short Stories) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Drama) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Masterplots Classics) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Women’s Literature) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Character Profiles) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Literary Places) -
Member of the Wedding, The (Magill Book Reviews) -
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Masterplots Classics) -
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Character Profiles) -
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Identities and Issues) -
Reflections in a Golden Eye (Literary Places) -
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Wunderkind (Short Stories) -
Acting Styles (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Dramatic Genres (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Staging and Production (Topical Overview--Drama) -
Gay and Lesbian Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Novella, The (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Origins and Development of the Novel, 1890-1980 (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
Mid-Twentieth Century: 1920-1960, The (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
