Angela Carter
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Angela Carter
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
2nd ed
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Summary: This second edition reviews Carter's novels in the light of recent critical developments and offers entirely new perspectives on her work. There are now extended single chapters on Carter's most widely-studied novels, including The Passion of New Eve and Nights at the Circus, and discussion of the long essay "The Sadeian Woman"
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index
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Description
This revised new edition reviews Carter's novels in the light of recent critical developments and offers entirely new perspectives on her work. There is now extended discussion of Carter's most widely-studied novels, including The Passion of New Eve and Nights at the Circus, and discussion of the long essay The Sadeian Woman.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Postfeminist and Euro-American Gothic: Shadow Dance (1966).- 'Realities'. Illusions and Delusions: Several Perceptions (1968) and Love (1970).- Pain and Exclusion: The Magic Toyshop (1967).- Symbolic Order and Transgression: Heroes and Villains (1969) and The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (1972).- Sexual Fictions: The Passion of New Eve (1977) and The Sadeian Woman (1979).- Spectal, Circus and Fellini: Nights at the Circus (1984).- Illegitimate Power and Theatre: Wise Children (1991).- The Body, Illness, Ageing and Disruption: An Overview.- Afterword.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
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