The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Preface

Introduction

Historical Context

About the Author

Other Works/Adaptations

Discussion Questions

Additional Resources

Credits

Teacher's Guide

Works by Carson McCullers
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, 1940
Reflections in a Golden Eye, 1941
The Member of the Wedding, 1946
The Member of the Wedding, play, 1951
The Ballad of the Sad Café and Other Stories, 1951
The Square Root of Wonderful, play, 1958
Clock Without Hands, 1961
Sweet as a Pickle, Clean as a Pig, poems, 1964
The Mortgaged Heart, edited by Margarita G. Smith, 1971
Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers, edited by Carlos L. Dews, 1999

Other Books about McCullers
Carr, Virginia Spencer. The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers. 1975. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1985.
Savigneau, Josyane. Carson McCullers: A Life. 1995. Trans. Joan E. Howard. Wilmington, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Tippins, Sherill. February House. 2005. New York: Mariner Books, 2006.

Web sites
The Carson McCullers Project
An extensive collection of information, criticism, and links about Carson McCullers and her life's work.

The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
A museum, educational facilty, and archive operated out of McCullers' childhood home in Columbus, Georgia.