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Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979).
Apr 19, 2024 · Angela Carter (born May 7, 1940, Eastbourne, Sussex, Eng.—died Feb. 16, 1992, London) was a British author who reshaped motifs from mythology, legends, and fairy tales in her books, lending them a ghastly humour and eroticism. Carter rejected an Oxford education to work as a journalist with the Croydon Advertiser, but she later studied ...
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The fiction of the English writer Angela Carter (1940-92) is, first and foremost, the fiction of ideas. She is best-known for her 1979 collection of tales, The Bloody Chamber, which is often described as a series of ‘versions’ or ‘retellings’ of classic children’s fairy tales. But as ...
Feb 16, 1992 · February 16, 1992. Genre. Fiction. edit data. Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne, in 1940, Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her maternal grandmother. As a teenager she battled anorexia. She began work as a journalist on the Croydon Advertiser, following in the footsteps of her father.
Aug 1, 2018 · Watch Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women. The documentary is on BBC Two at 9pm on Saturday 4 August, and available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days thereafter. Authors including Margaret Atwood and...
Mar 5, 2017 · A new biography shows how the British author made fairy tales psychological and sexy. By Joan Acocella. March 5, 2017. Carter’s taste for folklore, psychoanalysis, and luridness enabled her to...
Feb 21, 2017 · Now we have “The Invention of Angela Carter,” the first full-length biography, and it will consolidate her position. Edmund Gordon has written a terrific book — judicious, warm, confident ...
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