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| Name: |
Angela (Olive) Carter | | Variant Name: |
Angela (Olive) Carter, Angela Olive Carter, Angela Olive Stalker | | Birth Date: |
May 7, 1940 | | Death Date: |
February 16, 1992 | | Nationality: |
British | | Gender: |
Female |
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 Biography of Angela (Olive) Carter
8,437 words, approx. 28 pages
 Angela Carter's fantastic fiction is noteworthy for its stylistic excellence, its treatment of feminist themes, and its reliance on and reaction to motion-picture, fairy-tale, folklore, gothic, and science-fiction sources. Despite the fact that her... summary from source:
Biography of Angela (Olive) Carter
6,205 words, approx. 21 pages
During the inventive last ten years of her life—when she produced two of the most festive and disturbing novels of the last years of the century, Nights at the Circus (1984) and Wise Children (1991)—Angela Carter also reinvented herself. She... summary from source:
Biography of Angela (Olive) Carter
4,398 words, approx. 15 pages
Angela Carter's fiction poses precisely the question of what is central, what eccentric in contemporary British writing. "We live in Gothic times," she wrote in an afterword to her 1974 collection of tales, Fireworks; and all her work reflects that... 
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 Angela Carter Quotes
453 words, approx. 2 pages
 Angela Carter ( May 7 , 1940 – February 16 , 1992 ) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works. Sourced Cities have sexes: London is a man, Paris a woman, and New York a well-adjusted...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Angela Carter - (1940 - 1992) Summary
15,964 words, approx. 53 pagesAngela Carter - (1940 - 1992) (Full name Angela Olive Carter) English novelist, short story writer, nonfiction writer, scriptwriter, and author of children's books. Carter is best remembered for her science fiction and fantasy writings in which... summary from source:
 Angela Carter Information
1,149 words, approx. 4 pages
Angela Carter (May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism and science fiction...
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 The Review of Contemporary Fiction Remembering Angela Carter. (Angela Carter)
09/22/1994: 2,100 words, approx. 7 pages An interviewer who met Angela Carter in South London after the publication of Carter's last novel 'Wise Children' recalls certain highlights of their conversation of Aug 29, 1991. Carter describes her 'Wise Children' as a novel primarily about London and English culture. She believes... summary from source:
The Review of Contemporary Fiction An Angela Carter bibliography. (Angela Carter) (Bibliography)
09/22/1994: 452 words, approx. 2 pages An annotated bibliography of Angela Carter's works is presented. The list includes the categories of fiction, nonfiction and collection and editions. Fiction Shadow Dance. London: Pan, 1965; published in the U.S. as Honeybuzzard. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. The Magic...
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Stephen Benson
13,436 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following essay, Benson explores the perception in literary criticism of Carter's use of fairy tales.
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Critical Essay by Linden Peach
10,818 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following excerpt, Peach examines similarities between The Magic Toyshop and Heroes and Villains.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 92%The Feminist Role Reversal of "The Bloody Chamber"
1,456 words, approx. 5 pages
The themes of the typical Grimm Brothers-style fairy tale are given a feminist twist in "The Bloody Chamber" by Angela Carter. She does this by placing the mother in the role of savior, allowing the protagonist to participate in her own rescue, and subtracting strength from the secondary male figures. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 78%
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