The Review of Contemporary Fiction, September 22nd, 1994
Angela Carter reexamines fairy tales from a feminist perspective in her collection of fairy tales 'The Bloody Chamber.' Carter, who has made the distinction between folk tales as a pre-capitalist folk form and fairy tales as a bourgeois art form, uses intertextuality to explore the nuances of sexuality and gender relations in short stories such as 'The Bloody Chamber' and 'The Snow Child.' By changing the cultural context of established fairy tales such as 'Bluebeard' and 'Snow White,' Carter creates a new perspective.
ANGELA CARTER, IN HER 1990 introduction to The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book,...
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