关于麦卡勒斯在美国文学史上的地位,许多当代评论家表现出不同的态度:沃尔特·爱认为她是仅次于福克纳的南方最出色的作家,戏剧家田纳西·威廉斯则认为她是奇迹的创造者。也有很多评论家们将麦卡勒斯置于第一代美国南方作家福克纳的盛名阴影之下。麦卡勒斯研究者、传记作家弗吉 As to McCullers’s position in the history of American literature, many contemporary critics have shown different attitudes: Walter Love regarded her as the best Southern writer after Faulkner, and the playwright Tennessee Williams considered her Is the creator of miracles. Many critics have also placed McCullers under the shadow of the first generation of American writer Faulkner. McCullers researcher, biographer Freddy