Further Reading
- Carr, Virginia Spencer, and Millichap, Joseph R. "Carson McCullers." American Women Writers. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983, 297-319. (Bibliographic essay identifying primary editions and manuscript sources, as well as secondary works including bibliography, biography, and criticism.)
- Dusenbury, Winifred L. The Theme of Loneliness in Modern American Drama. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press, 1960, 57-85. (Examines family relations and corresponding themes of loneliness and alienation in the stage version of McCullers' The Member of the Wedding.)
- Evans, Oliver. "The Achievement of Carson McCullers." Carson McCullers, edited by Harold Bloom, Chelsea House Publishers, 1986: 21-31. (Discusses the themes, critical appraisals, and allegorical aspects of Carson McCullers' works.)
- Evans, Oliver. "The Case of the Silent Singer: A Revaluation of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." The Georgia Review XIX, No. 2 (Summer 1965): 188-203. (Examines aspects of isolation, ideal communication, and the allegorical significance of John Singer, the deaf-mute character in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.)
- Fuller, Janice. "The Conventions of Counterpoint and Fugue in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." Mississippi Quarterly XLI, No. 1 (Winter 1987–1988): 55-67. (Examines the function of character and plot in the fugal structure of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.)
- Gervin, Mary A. "McCullers' Frames of Reference in The Ballad of the Sad Café." Pembroke Magazine, No. 20 (1988): 37-42. (Discusses the different elements of mythology, folklore, philosophy, and phenomenology in The Ballad of the Sad Café.)
- Ginsberg, Elaine. "The Female Initiation Theme in American Fiction." Studies in American Fiction 3, No. 1 (Spring 1975): 27-37. (Examines the theme of female initiation in American fiction, particularly as evidenced in McCullers' novels The Member of the Wedding and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.)
- Hardwick, Elizabeth. A review of The Member of the Wedding. Partisan Review XIII, No. 3 (Summer 1946): 384, 386-88, 390-93. (Brief review faulting The Member of the Wedding for its similarity to The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.)
- Johnson, James William. "The Adolescent Hero: A Trend in Modern Fiction." Twentieth Century Literature 5, No. 1 (April 1959): 3-11. (Study of adolescent protagonists in modern fiction, particularly in the works of Carson McCullers, J. D. Salinger, Thomas Wolfe, James Joyce, and Katherine Anne Porter.)
- Kelley, Patricia P. "Recommended: Carson McCullers." English Journal 71, No. 6 (October 1982): 67-68. (Identifies adolescent issues in McCullers' major novels and early short stories, suggesting their potential appeal to high school readers.)
- Madden, David. "The Paradox of the Need for Privacy and the Need for Understanding in Carson McCullers' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." Literature and Psychology XVII, No. 2-3 (1967): 128-40. (Analysis of character psychology and dilemma of spiritual isolation in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.)
- Paden, Frances Freeman. "Autistic Gestures in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter." Modern Fiction Studies 28, No. 3 (Autumn 1982): 453-63. (Examines autistic behaviors exhibited by characters of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, particularly hand gestures that signify frustration and alienation.)
- Walsh, Margaret. "Carson McCullers' Anti-Fairy Tale: The Ballad of the Sad Café." Pembroke Magazine, No. 20 (1988): 43-8. (Discusses the fairy tale elements of The Ballad of the Sad Café, commenting on both love's failure to redeem and conquer, and the transience of personal transformations.)
- Worsley, T. C. "Growing Up." The New Statesman and Nation LIII, No. 1353 (16 February 1957): 201-202. (Negative assessment of McCullers' stage adaptation of The Member of the Wedding.)
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