Carson McCullers' 'Imaginary Friends'

From the start, she was considered a type that she had referred to in the title of another story in that book: a "Wunderkind." While he'd praised her for having written so sensitively about race, he wondered in private: 'Why does she repel me so? Years later, she wrote The Square...

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Published in:The Gay & lesbian review worldwide 2024-03, Vol.31 (2), p.30-32
Main Author: Holleran, Andrew
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Biographies
Capote, Truman (1924-1984)
Heart
Literary criticism
Marriage
McCullers, Carson (1917-1967)
Success
Weddings
Williams, Tennessee (Thomas Lanier Williams) (1911-1983)
Writers
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Summary:From the start, she was considered a type that she had referred to in the title of another story in that book: a "Wunderkind." While he'd praised her for having written so sensitively about race, he wondered in private: 'Why does she repel me so? Years later, she wrote The Square Root of Wonderful, a play based on her guilt over the way she had treated her husband Reeves, but it was not a success-too autobiographical, the critics said. There's not much literary analysis of McCullers' works in this book; it's more the kind of biography that people call nov-elistic, almost a soap opera in which one is constantly changing one's mind about her and everyone else.
ISSN:1532-1118