Editor's Note p. vii
Introduction p. 1
Metaphysical Fiction p. 7
This Book: Reflections in a Golden Eye p. 11
Carson Mccullers's Clock without Hands p. 17
The Achievement of Carson Mccullers p. 21
The Necessary Order p. 33
Penumbral Insistence: Mccullers's Early Novels p. 53
Reflections in a Golden Eye p. 69
Moods and Absences p. 77
Short Stories and Poems p. 87
Carson Mccullers's Amazon Nightmare p. 109
Two Voices of the Single Narrator in the Ballad of the Sad Caf? p. 117
Loss of Self in the Member of the Wedding p. 125
Chronology p. 143
Contributors p. 145
Bibliography p. 147
Acknowledgments p. 153
Index p. 155