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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:  \nChelsea House  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001  \nISBN-10: 0-7910-8172-9  \nISBN-13: 978-0-7910-8172-3  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nCarson McCullers’The member of the wedding / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s guides) ISBN 0-7910-8172-9 (alk. paper)  \n1. McCullers, Carson, 1917–1967. Member of the wedding.  \nI. Bloom, Harold. II. Series.  \nPS3525 .A1772M53 2004  \n813'. 52—dc22 2004014458  \nChelsea House books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755.  \nYou can find Chelsea House on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nContributing editor: Cathy Schlund-Vials  \nCover design by Takeshi Takahashi Printed in the United States of America Bang EJB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nEvery effort has been made to trace the owners of copyrighted material and secure copyright permission. Articles appearing in this volume generally appear much as they did in their original publication with little to no editorial changes. Those interested in locating the original source will find bibliographic information in the bibliography and acknowledgments sections of this volume.  \nIntroduction 7  \nBiographical Sketch 9  \nThe Story Behind the Story 15  \nList of Characters 17  \nSummary and Analysis 21  \nCritical Views 63  \nGeorge Dangerfield on the Thematic Structure and the Problem of Loneliness 63  \nRobert S. Phillips on the Gothic Elements 66  \nRichard M. Cook on Identity and Coming-of-Age 70  \nMargaret B. McDowell on the Relationship  \nBetween Berenice and Frankie 75  \nLouise Westling on the Tomboy Figure and  \nthe Motif of “Unfinished-ness” 79  \nKenneth D. Chamlee on the Function of the Café Setting in the Development of Character 85  \nVirginia Spencer Carr on the Biographical  \nand Literary Contexts 89  \nThadious M. Davis on The Characterization(s)  \nof Berenice in Two Versions of the novel 99  \nTony Jason Stafford on the Motif of Sight  \nin the Play Version 101  \nSarah Gleeson-White on the Presence and  \nFunction of Masquerade 108  \nWorks by Carson McCullers 111  \nAnnotated Bibliography 112  \nContributors 117  \nAcknowledgments 122  \nIndex 124  \n Introduction  \nHAROLD BLOOM  \nI met Carson McCullers two or three times during the late Fifties and early Sixties. 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