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Strange Bodies

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This study adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque, as well as gender and psychoanalytic theory, to the major works of the southern writer Carson McCullers. The author argues that McCullers' work has too often suffered under the pall of narrow gothic interpretations.

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Strange Bodies, Sarah Gleeson-White

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2003
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Title
Strange Bodies
Language
English
Released
2003
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0817312676
ISBN13
9780817312671
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This study adapts Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the grotesque, as well as gender and psychoanalytic theory, to the major works of the southern writer Carson McCullers. The author argues that McCullers' work has too often suffered under the pall of narrow gothic interpretations.