Angela Carter
2nd Edition
Published on 9. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-230-20283-2 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
2nd ed. 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-20283-2 (9780230202832)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-04930-8
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Previous edition
Person
LINDEN PEACH is Professor of English at Edge Hill University, UK, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Swansea University, UK. His previous publications include books on Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf, Crime Fiction, and contemporary Irish and Welsh fiction.
Content
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.