By the time of her death in 1992, Angela Carter had come to be regarded as one of the most successful and original British authors of the twentieth-century, and her writing has subsequently become the focus of a burgeoning body of criticism. This book disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context within which she wrote.
Drawing on Carter's own autobiographical articles as well as her novels and short stories, this study examines her engagement with topical issues such as national (particularly English) identity, class, politics and feminism, assessing the relationship between her life, her times and her art.
| ISBN: | 9780333992937 |
| Publication date: | 16th December 2005 |
| Author: | Sarah Gamble |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 239 pages |
| Series: | Literary Lives |
| Genres: |
Fiction Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literature: history and criticism |
By the time of her death in 1992, Angela Carter had come to be regarded as one of the most successful and original British authors of the twentieth-century, and her writing has subsequently become the focus of a burgeoning body of criticism. This book disentangles the cult of Angela Carter as 'the fairy godmother of magical realism' from her own claims to be a materialist and a 'demythologiser' by placing her within the social, political and theoretical context within which she wrote.
Angela Carter features in the following genres: Fiction, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism
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Angela Carter was written by Sarah Gamble and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Angela Carter has 239 pages
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