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1 online resource (168 pages) |
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Freakish adolescents : The heart is a lonely hunter and The member of the wedding -- Queer grotesques : The heart is a lonely hunter and Reflections in a golden eye -- The masquerade : The heart is a lonely hunter, The member of the wedding, and The ballad of the sad café -- Two bodies in one : The heart is a lonely hunter and The ballad of the sad café |
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Adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque, as well as the latest in gender and psychoanalytic theory, to the major works of acclaimed southern writer Carson McCullers. This innovative reconsideration of the themes of Carson McCullers's fiction argues that her work has heretofore suffered under the pall of narrow gothic interpretations, obscuring a more subversive agenda. By examining McCullers's major novels-The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, and The Ballad of the Sad Café-Gleeson-White locates a r |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-156) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
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McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967 fast |
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Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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Psychological fiction, American -- History and criticism
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Gender identity in literature.
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Human body in literature.
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Grotesque in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Gender identity in literature
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Grotesque in literature
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Human body in literature
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Identity (Psychology) in literature
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Literature
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Psychological fiction, American
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Women and literature
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Southern States -- In literature
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Southern States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780817382810 |
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081738281X |
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