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The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
Carson McCullers (1917-67) was born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia, the model for Frankie Addams's hometown in the play. Although she experienc...
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In the following brief review, Frank discusses the plot and characters of The Member of the Wedding, noting McCullers' potential as an important developing writer.
Politics is left completely b...
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In the following review Gibbs praises the theatrical production of The Member of the Wedding, but faults the attempt to condense the entire novel into a three-act play.
The Member of the Wedding, Cars...
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In the following review of the theatrical version of The Member of the Wedding, Brown discusses the differences between the play and the novel.
On the fifth day of each November bonfires are lighted i...
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Critical Essay by Edmund Wilson
Carson McCullers is a writer of undoubted sensibility and talent who seems to have difficulty in adjusting her abilities to a dramatically effective subject…. [&...
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Critical Essay by George Dangerfield
["The Member of the Wedding"] is Carson McCullers's third book; and we have now, I should think, sufficient evidence for remarking that, while...
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Critical Essay by Marguerite Young
Carson McCullers' The Member of the Wedding, astutely and frugally designed, is a deceptive piece of writing, and its candor may betray the unwary reader into...
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