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Strange bodies [[electronic resource] ] : gender and identity in the novels of Carson McCullers / / Sarah Gleeson-White



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Autore: Gleeson-White Sarah <1965-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Strange bodies [[electronic resource] ] : gender and identity in the novels of Carson McCullers / / Sarah Gleeson-White Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
Disciplina: 813/.52
Soggetto topico: Women and literature - Southern States - History - 20th century
Psychological fiction, American - History and criticism
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Gender identity in literature
Human body in literature
Grotesque in literature
Soggetto geografico: Southern States In literature
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-156) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Strange bodies  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8281-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910454471603321
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