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Carson McCullers' The Ballad of the Sad Cafe

by · 1951

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations seriesNext:Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings(1958) →

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- Presents important and scholarly criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature

- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism

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- Contains notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index

- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom

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short · 160 pages
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