*The Mortgaged Heart* is an important collection of Carson McCullers"s work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collecti
The mortgaged heart: selected writings
β Scribed by McCullers, Carson
- Publisher
- Mariner Books;Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Boston
- ISBN-13
- 9780618057054
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β¦ Synopsis
An absorbing look at the early beginnings of one of Americaβs finest writers, The Mortgaged Heart is an important collection of Carson McCullersβs work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide invaluable insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. The collection also contains the working outline of βThe Mute,β which became her best-selling novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. As new generations of readers continue to discover her work, Carson McCullersβs celebrated place in American letters survives more surely than ever. Edited by McCullersβs sister and with a new introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, The Mortgaged Heart will be an inspiration to writers young and old.
β¦ Subjects
American Fiction
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