- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (4 Jun 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099594412
- ISBN-13: 978-0099594413
- Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 793,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The third in a series of collected works by Angela Carter who died in 1992. This volume covers her journalistic work from the 1960s onwards, exploring new territories and overturning old ideas. She discusses topics such as film, food, feminism, science fiction, sex, Virginia Woolf baking bread and Bob Dylan making hay.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A showcase of Carter's literary talents
16 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback
This anthology of Carter's writing contains essays that will make you laugh, make you angry, fascinate you, and educate you with the perspectives of a person who lived through times of authentic social change and the establishment's reaction to change. The reflections and arguments compiled in this book themselves comprise a valuable heirloom for any reader or writer interested in 20th century politics and culture.
I have several favorites, like the uproariously satirical pieces on Linda Lovelace and D.H. Lawrence. There are also some illuminating essays on less known writers like Christina Stead and Bessie Head. Her investigational writings on Japanese culture are fascinating readings. Most compelling for me are the essays on the atomic/nuclear bomb, in which Carter expounds on the failure of reason against nuclear weapons.
This anthology has something for everyone. I think in a way Carter was a writer's writer, but any reader can enjoy her work. Any fan of her truly gothic fiction will find the anthology informative and revealing with regards to Carter's personal ideology, feminist perspectives, and her inner values as a woman.
I have several favorites, like the uproariously satirical pieces on Linda Lovelace and D.H. Lawrence. There are also some illuminating essays on less known writers like Christina Stead and Bessie Head. Her investigational writings on Japanese culture are fascinating readings. Most compelling for me are the essays on the atomic/nuclear bomb, in which Carter expounds on the failure of reason against nuclear weapons.
This anthology has something for everyone. I think in a way Carter was a writer's writer, but any reader can enjoy her work. Any fan of her truly gothic fiction will find the anthology informative and revealing with regards to Carter's personal ideology, feminist perspectives, and her inner values as a woman.
11 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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12 April 2000
Format:Paperback
Like everything Angela Carter ever wrote, her essays are precise, profound, lyrical and always always decidedly hers. The essays collected here overflow with Carter's humor and insight. Every page was a true pleasure to read.
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