Carson McCullers

Carson McCullers (1917 - 1967) was a queer (bi) novelist, playwright, and poet. Her works were in the realist mode, but reflect a gothic sensibility.

Notable works

• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940 novel)
• The Member of the Wedding (1946 novel)
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1951 short stories)

Further reading

• wikipedia
• Virginia Spencer Carr, Understanding Carson McCullers. University of South Carolina Press, 2005. ISBN 1570036152.
• Thomas S. Johnson. The Horror in the Mansion: Gothic Fiction in the Works of Carson McCullers. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Dissertation Abstracts, 1974
• Sarah Gleeson White, Strange Bodies: Gender and Identity in the Novels of Carson McCullers (University of Alabama Press, 2003)

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