
Wunderkind
The Reputation of Carson McCullers 1940-1990
Judith James(Author)
Camden House Inc (Publisher)
Published on 28. September 1995
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-879751-88-0 (ISBN)
Description
A detailed critical history of McCullers's reputation and the social crosscurrents that shaped it.
The critical reception of Carson McCullers, author of The Heart Is aLonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of theSad Cafe has reflected the prevailing cultural preoccupations of thefive decades since the publication of her first novel in 1940. Jamesdistinguishes between pre and post-war criticism and furtheridentifies other critical approaches - that of New Criticism which sawher work as working in the shadow of Faulkner; the response to thepsychological and social rhythms of her fiction; and the recognition ofthe interplay of gender, race, and class in her life, and her texts.
The critical reception of Carson McCullers, author of The Heart Is aLonely Hunter, The Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of theSad Cafe has reflected the prevailing cultural preoccupations of thefive decades since the publication of her first novel in 1940. Jamesdistinguishes between pre and post-war criticism and furtheridentifies other critical approaches - that of New Criticism which sawher work as working in the shadow of Faulkner; the response to thepsychological and social rhythms of her fiction; and the recognition ofthe interplay of gender, race, and class in her life, and her texts.
Reviews / Votes
Judith Giblin James has provided a near-definitive assessment of critical reaction to Carson McCullers since the publication of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter in 1940. . . . The value of James's study is not merely its summary of a wider variety of * THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Columbia, MD
United States
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 579 mm
Width: 386 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-879751-88-0 (9781879751880)
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