The Member of the Wedding

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coming-of-age novel novel

The Member of the Wedding is a 1946 coming-of-age novel by Carson McCullers that explores loneliness, identity, and adolescence through the perspective of a restless twelve-year-old girl in the American South.

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Label Occurrences
The Member of the Wedding canonical 8
Member of the Wedding 1
Member of the Wedding (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs The Member of the Wedding (television adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: The Member of the Wedding (1952 film)

The Member of the Wedding (television adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: The Member of the Wedding (1982 television film)

The Member of the Wedding (television adaptation) ⓘ
surface form: The Member of the Wedding (play)
author Carson McCullers ⓘ
centralTheme adolescence ⓘ
belonging ⓘ
identity ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
race relations in the American South ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coverArtist Paul Galdone ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
firstStageProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
firstStageProductionYear 1950 ⓘ
followedBy The Ballad of the Sad Café ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Berenice Sadie Brown ⓘ
Frankie Addams ⓘ
Janice ⓘ
Jarvis Addams ⓘ
John Henry West ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later coming-of-age novels in American literature ⓘ
hasMotif desire to escape ⓘ
transition from childhood to adulthood ⓘ
unrequited attachment ⓘ
hasSubject African American domestic labor ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
includedIn canon of American Southern literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Frankie Addams ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
notableAward New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ
surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCountFirstEdition 195 ⓘ
playAdaptationBy Carson McCullers ⓘ
precededBy The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter ⓘ
protagonistAge twelve ⓘ
publicationYear 1946 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
screenplayBy Edna Anhalt ⓘ
Edward Anhalt ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II era ⓘ
setInRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South

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Carson McCullers → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Brandon deWilde → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
The Member of the Wedding (television adaptation) → basedOn → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Member of the Wedding (novel)
The Member of the Wedding (television adaptation) → title → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Julie Harris → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Carson → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
subject surface form: Carson McCullers
Clock Without Hands → precededBy → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Joseph Walker → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Ethel Waters → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Wedding
Ethel Waters → performedIn → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the Wedding (film)
Ethel Waters → performedIn → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Member of the Wedding (Broadway play)
Lula Carson Smith → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
Edna Anhalt → notableWork → The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Member of the Wedding (film)