Virginia Spencer Carr (1929–2012)
Autore di The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers
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Virginia Spencer Carr was born in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 21, 1929. She received a bachelor's degree from Florida State University, a master's degree in English from the University of North Carolina, and a doctorate from Florida State University. She is best known for her book The Lonely mostra altro Hunter, which was published in 1975 and was the first full-length biography of Carson McCullers. Her other works include Dos Passos: A Life, Paul Bowles: A Life, and Understanding Carson McCullers. She was also the editor of Flowering Judas: Katherine Anne Porter. She died of liver disease on April 10, 2012 at the age of 82. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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- Data di nascita
- 1929-07-21
- Data di morte
- 2012-04-10
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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- Opere
- 6
- Utenti
- 302
- Popolarità
- #77,842
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 14
She could sometimes seem very fragile, but her determination was limitless. Plagued by bad health and bad habits, she navigated her life like it was a story with an ever-changing plot, but belonging to someone else. After having known her husband Reeves for almost her entire life and having divorced and remarried him, and despite his attentive care during her illnesses, she dismissed his death as if it were just an inconvenience to her. That relationship seemed to me to speak volumes about her true character.
I do not think I would have liked her at all. She was far too needy and egotistical. Had she not been a brilliant writer, I doubt she would have garnered the love of so many. She was excused so much by everyone because of her genius and she seemed to take for granted that everyone else's needs would, by right, come in line behind her own. I would have loved to have had one ounce of her talent, however, and we could all do with some of her perseverance.
Carr managed to approach a very difficult subject with a great deal of care and honesty. She did not paint McCullers as anything other than a complex human being, neither good nor evil. I particularly enjoyed the section that dealt with the production of The Member of the Wedding for Broadway. So many of the people who made up McCullers friends and colleagues were well-known in their time, which made the reading all the more interesting. By the end of this thorough biography, you cannot help feeling that you know much of what made McCullers tick and have a deeper understanding of how her own life influenced her subjects and her work.… (altro)