Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter “The artwork for the book is exquisite, and the essays do justice to Angela. The editors have done a superb job” Jack Zipes Strange Worlds celebrates the life and work of[…]
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SHAKING A LEG
Shaking a Leg: Collected Journalism and Writings Jenny Uglow (ed.) Chatto & Windus, 1997 One of contemporary literature’s most original and affecting novel and short story writers, Angela Carter also wrote brilliant nonfiction. Shaking a[…]
ANAGRAMS OF DESIRE
Anagrams of Desire: Angela Carter’s Writing for Radio, Film and Television Charlotte Crofts Manchester University Press, 2003 Angela Carter is best known for her novels, short fiction and journalism, but she also produced a substantial[…]
THE CURIOUS ROOM
The Curious Room: Collected Dramatic Writings Jenny Uglow (ed.) Chatto & Windus, 1996 Although best known for her novels and stories, Angela Carter had an easily ignited enthusiasm for tackling other forms and genres. Particularly[…]
LITERARY BRISTOL
Literary Bristol: Writers and the City Marie Mulvey-Roberts (ed.) Redcliffe Press, 2015 “Consider the nature of a city. It is a vast repository of time, the discarded times of all the men and women who[…]
INSIDE THE BLOODY CHAMBER
Inside the Bloody Chamber: On Angela Carter, the Gothic, and other Weird Tales Christoper Frayling Oberon Books, 2015 Inside the Bloody Chamber collects articles, essays and lectures written since then on various aspects of the Gothic—several[…]
SISTERHOODS
Sisterhoods Across the Literature Media Divide Deborah Cartmell, I.Q. Hunter, Heidi Kaye, Imelda Whelehan (eds) Pluto Press, 1998 This volume concentrates on portrayals of female relationships – communities, friends, lovers, sisters, daughters, mothers and enemies – and[…]
RE-VISITING ANGELA CARTER
Re-Visiting Angela Carter: Texts, Contexts, Intertexts Rebecca Munford (ed.) Palgrave, 2006 Focusing on questions of intertextuality, authorship and representation, Re-visiting Angela Carter offers a re-examination of one of the twentieth century’s most important British writers.[…]
THE FEMALE GOTHIC
The Female Gothic: New Directions Diane Wallace and Andrew Smith (eds) Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 This rich and varied collection of essays makes a timely contribution to critical debates about the Female Gothic, a popular but[…]
WOMEN AND THE GOTHIC
Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion Avril Horner, Sue Zlosnik (eds) Edinburgh University Press, 2016 A re-assessment of the Gothic in relation to the female, the ‘feminine’, feminism and post-feminism This collection of newly[…]