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Biography of Carson McCullersName: Carson McCullersBirth Date: February 19, 1917 Death Date: September 29, 1967 Place of Birth: Columbus, Georgia, United States Nationality: American Gender: Female Occupations: writer, novelist, playwright Carson McCullers One of America's most unique writers, Carson McCullers (1917-1967) wrote about isolation, loneliness and failures in human communication in popular novels and plays set in the Southern United States, mostly in the 1940s.Carson McCullers is considered to be a member of the "Southern gothic" tradition in American literature, and is often compared to writers like Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor. Her characters include tortured adolescents, homosexuals, and outcasts from conventional society. Several of her novels were popular, but critics have disagreed about her achievements. Because of her fluid, nuanced prose, she is most appreciated by other writers. Gore Vidal said her "genius for prose remains one of the few satisfying achievements of our second-rate culture." Playwright Tennessee Williams spoke of the "intensity and nobility of spirit" in her writing.Lonely HeartLula Carson Smith was born in 1917 in Columbus, Georgia. She was a precocious child encouraged by an indulgent mother to …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…isolation, loneliness and people who were outcasts from conventional society. "No one has written more feelingly than her about the plight of the eccentric," Kiernan contended, "and no one has written more understandingly than she about adolescent loneliness and desperation." A thorough analysis of McCullers five majors works can be found in Nancy B. Rich, The Flowering Dream: The Historical Saga of Carson McCullers (1999) Associated Works Reflections in a Golden Eye (Book), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Book), The Member of the Wedding (Book) Further Reading Carr, Virginia Spencer, The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers, Doubleday, 1975. Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 18, Gale, 1986.James, Judith Giblin, Wunderkind: The Reputation of Carson McCullers, 1940-1990, Camden House, 1995.Malinowski, Sharon, editor, Gay and Lesbian Literature, St. James Press, 1994.Savigneau, Josyane, Carson McCullers: A Life, Houghton, 2001.Back Stage, May 20, 1994.Los Angeles Times, August 21, 1987.New Republic, May 20, 1991.New York Times, July 14, 1987.People, August 19, 1991. |