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Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale

by Danielle M. Roemer

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Angela Carter’s work through the lens of fairy tales

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Angela Carter’s work through the lens of fairy tales

This collection examines how Angela Carter adapts fairy-tale patterns, motifs, and material across her adult tales, novels, and other fiction. Its contributors approach the subject through scholarly essays, fiction, personal reminiscence, and interviews, bringing together perspectives from scholars, artists, and novelists. The range of forms makes the volume both a study of Carter’s relationship with the fairy-tale genre and a reference point for exploring her writing and life. The book also connects Carter’s work with broader fields of contemporary literature, folklore, and women’s studies.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Those researching Angela Carter, contemporary literature, folklore, or women’s studies
  • Readers seeking critical perspectives on fairy tales and their adaptation in fiction
  • Readers interested in collections combining essays, interviews, fiction, and reminiscence

Themes

Fairy-tale adaptationAngela Carter’s fictionContemporary literatureFolkloreWomen’s studies

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Book overview

Angela Carter (1940-1992) is widely known for her literary fairy tales, particularly those appearing in The Bloody Chamber. Her stylishly creative appropriation and adaptation of fairy-tale patterns, motifs, and content are evident not only her individual tales written for adults but throughout her novels and other fiction.

Editors Danielle M. Roemer and Cristina Bacchilega together with the contributors to this volume investigate Carter's approaches to the fair-tale genre. They explore various facets of Carter's work and life and open new avenues for further research. Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale is a diverse collection of scholarly essays, fiction, personal reminiscence, and interviews from an international group of scholars, artists, and novelists. Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale will be of interest to those pursuing research in contemporary literature, folklore, and women's studies. It will also serve as a useful reference point for other readers who wish to learn more about the fairy tales written by this dynamic author.

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