Author(s): Prof. Harold Bloom
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 200
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers
Language: English
Date Published: 2009-05-15
Dimensions: 160.02 x 236.22 x 15.24mm
Publication City/Country: Broomall, United States
Edition: Second Edition
Illustrations: chronology, bibliography, index

McCullers' fiction, including ""The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"", ""The Member of the Wedding"", and ""The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"", established her as a key voice of the 1940s and '50s. Critics have praised her lyrical evocations of the yearning for love, always tempered by a harsh acknowledgement of the futility of the quest. This new edition of full-length critical essays offers illuminating discussions of McCullers' work and its place in the American canon. This latest title in the ""Bloom's Modern Critical Views"" series is bolstered by a chronology, a bibliography, notes on the contributors, and an introduction from noted literary scholar Harold Bloom.