Description
Book SynopsisReflections 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.
Trade ReviewThe academic authors explore a variety of approaches to McCullers' writings....This is a useful survey. * Communication Booknotes Quarterly, December 2008 *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Chapter 2 The Exiled Heir: An Introduction to Carson McCullers and Her Work Chapter 3 Carson McCullers and the Tradition of Southern Women's Nonfiction Prose Chapter 4 The Daughters as Outlaw in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding Chapter 5 You Might as Well Listen to the Chain Gang: The Ballad of the Sad Café Chapter 6 A "Calculable Woman" and a "Jittery Ninny": Performing Femininity in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Ballad of the Sad Café Chapter 7 Miss Amelia's Pharmacy: Carson McCullers and the Influence of Alcohol Chapter 8 "Copying the Wrong Pieces": Replication and the Mathematics of Togetherness in The Member of the Wedding Chapter 9 Living and Writing in the Margins: Lesbian Desire and the Novels of Carson McCullers Chapter 10 Politics in the Kitchen: Carson McCullers, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Surrealist History Chapter 11 "Simple Stories and the Inward Mind": Conclusions and New Beginnings Part 12 Index Part 13 About the Contributors
