Understanding Carson McCullers

by Virginia Spencer Carr

Book Overview

The definitive introduction to the complex author of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Updated with a discussion of recent scholarship, Understanding Carson McCullers provides a balanced introductory study of the Georgia-born novelist's major fiction and the reasons for her extraordinary and lasting acclaim. Carson McCullers was deemed the "find of the decade" when she appeared on the literary scene at the age of twenty-three...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570036152
• ISBN13: 9781570036156
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.0"