Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)

by Carson McCullers (Author), Carlos L. Dews (Editor)

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2002
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Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, this book exposes the doubleness of Carson McCullers's life. A mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and love of life of their author.

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Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, this book exposes the doubleness of Carson McCullers's life. A mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and love of life of their author.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 258
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 01 Jan 2002
ISBN 10: 0299164446
ISBN 13: 9780299164447

Media Reviews

This autobiography was a heroic last-ditch effort. - Atlantic Monthly An extraordinary document. Dictated in an idiomatic, associative style, it exposes the doubleness of [Carson] McCullers's life.... A rich mine of information for anyone interested in McCullers, and American literary life in the 1950s, these memoirs are also a testament to the courage and sheer love of life of their author. - Richard Gray, Times Literary Supplement.

Author Bio

Carlos L. Dews is associate professor and chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at the University of West Florida. He is the founding president of the Carson McCullers Society and editor of the Library of America's Carson McCullers: Complete Noveis.