Carson McCullers (Identities and Issues in Literature)

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Carson McCullers was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia, a small town that resembles the setting of most of her works. As a child, McCullers studied the piano and was considered a prodigy, much like the main character in her critically acclaimed short story “Wunderkind” (1936), which is about fifteen-year-old Frances’ aspirations to become a great pianist and her awakened sexuality. Like many of McCullers’ short stories, “Wunderkind” is written in the Bildungsroman tradition, portraying adolescent initiation and search for identity. The...

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