Angela Carter: New Critical Readings (Paperback)

Sonya Andermahr

ISBN 10: 1472528522 / ISBN 13: 9781472528520

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2014

About this Item

Paperback. Bringing together leading international scholars of contemporary fiction and modern women writers, this book provides authoritative new critical readings of Angela Carter's work from a variety of innovative theoretical and disciplinary approaches. Angela Carter: New Critical Readings both evaluates Carter's legacy as feminist provocateur and postmodern stylist, and broaches new ground in considering Carter as, variously, a poet and a naturalist'. Including coverage of Carter's earliest writings and her journalism as well as her more widely studied novels, short stories and dramatic works, the book covers such topics as rescripting the canon, surrealism, and Carter's poetics. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Angela Carter: New Critical Readings (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472528522
• ISBN 13: 9781472528520
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Bringing together leading international scholars of contemporary fiction and modern women writers, this book provides authoritative new critical readings of Angela Carter's work from a variety of innovative theoretical and disciplinary approaches. Angela Carter: New Critical Readings both evaluates Carter's legacy as feminist provocateur and postmodern stylist, and broaches new ground in considering Carter as, variously, a poet and a ‘naturalist'. Including coverage of Carter's earliest writings and her journalism as well as her more widely studied novels, short stories and dramatic works, the book covers such topics as rescripting the canon, surrealism, and Carter's poetics.

About the Authors

SONYA ANDERMAHR is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Northampton, UK.

Lawrence Phillips is Head of Regent's American College and Professor of English and Cultural Criticism at Regent's University London, UK. His recent publications include London Narratives: Post-War Fiction and the City (2006) and, as co-editor, Angela Carter: New Critical Readings (2012).