Reflections in a Critical Eye
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Reflections in a Critical Eye is intended to appeal both to scholars of Carson McCullers and to those unaffiliated with colleges and universities who read and celebrate her life and work. Following an introduction for newcomers to Southern literature and culture and to McCullers' life and work, the collection presents essays about diverse topics: · McCullers in the tradition of Southern women's nonfiction prose · daughters as outlaw figures in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding · gender and the interplay among the roles characters assume in The Ballad of the Sad Café ·…mehr

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Reflections in a Critical Eye is intended to appeal both to scholars of Carson McCullers and to those unaffiliated with colleges and universities who read and celebrate her life and work. Following an introduction for newcomers to Southern literature and culture and to McCullers' life and work, the collection presents essays about diverse topics: · McCullers in the tradition of Southern women's nonfiction prose · daughters as outlaw figures in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding · gender and the interplay among the roles characters assume in The Ballad of the Sad Café · analysis of The Ballad of the Sad Café to explore alcohol as an important signifier in McCullers' life and work · the political backdrop of McCullers' most well-known works · same-sex relationships in McCullers' novels and short stories · and the phenomenon of masquerade in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Ballad of the Sad Café.
Autorenporträt
Jan Whitt is associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of other books, including Settling the Borderland: Other Voices in Literary Journalism (2008) and Allegory and the Modern Southern Novel (1994).