Carson McCullers' altered vision : meaningful patterns in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding.

More than one critic has noticed the positive shift in tone between the first two decades of Carson McCullers' writing. Indeed, she makes The Member of the Wedding a more life-affirming and less fatalistic version of certain sections of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by subtly rewriting three characters from the first novel into the later one. McCullers bases Frankie Addams, John Henry West, and Berenice Sadie Brown on her first creations Mick Kelly, George "Bubber" Kelly, and Portia Copeland. A detailed, comparative textual analysis of these three fascinating pairs of characters reveals significant patterns, informs our evaluation of McCullers' creative powers, and offers substantial evidence of her ironic but optimistic altered vision.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Kern, Maradee K.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Moore, Andy Johnson, 1932-2020.

• McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation.
• McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Heart is a lonely hunter.
• McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Member of the wedding.

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en

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https://hdl.handle.net/2104/14811

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