Discerning Love, Recuperating Hope: The "Search for God" in Carson McCullers's The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Even though Carson McCullers described the act of writing as a "search for God," much of the scholarship concerning her debut novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940) is suspicious of the role that religion plays in maintaining political acquiescence and hopeful self-deception. Adopting a...

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Main Author: Helm, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Notre Dame 2021
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 123-144
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B McCullers, Carson 1917-1967, The heart is a lonely hunter / God / Love
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBC Doctrine of God
NCA Ethics
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