BIOGRAPHIES

Carr, Virginia Spencer. The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975, 600 p.

Biography of McCullers.

Savigneau, Josyane. Carson McCullers: A Life, translated by Joan E. Howard. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001, 370 p.

Biography of McCullers.

CRITICISM

Chamlee, Kenneth D. “Cafes and Community in Three Carson McCullers Novels.” Studies in American Fiction 18, no. 2 (autumn 1990): 233-40.

Explores McCullers's use of cafés as an important physical or symbolic setting in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of the Sad Café.

Eisinger, Chester E. “Carson McCullers and the Failure of Dialogue.” In Fiction of the Forties, pp. 243-58. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1963.

Thematic analysis of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.

Additional coverage of McCullers's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: American Writers; American Writers: The Classics, Vol. 2; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 21; Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Biography & Resources, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1941-1968; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 5-8R, 25-28R; Contemporary Authors Bibliographical Series, Vols. 1, 3; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 18; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 4, 10, 12, 48, 100; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 2, 7, 173, 228; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Drama for Students, Vols. 5, 18; Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ed. 3; Exploring Short Stories; Feminist Writers; Gay & Lesbian Literature, Ed. 1; Literature and Its Times, Vols. 3, 4; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Modern American Women Writers; Novels for Students, Vols. 6, 13; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 5; Short Story Criticism, Vols. 9, 24; Something about the Author, Vol. 27; Twayne's United States Authors; and World Literature Criticism.