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Angela Carter was one of the most important and influential writers of our time: a novelist of extraordinary power and a searching critic and essayist. This selection of her writing, which she made herself, covers more than a decade of her thought and confirms her as an acute and startlingly original observer of the writing of others.
The range of subjects which she explored is a true measure of the wide focus of her interests: storytelling, from the brothers Grimm to William Burroughs; food writing, where her irreverent tone triggered a correspondence from enraged supporters of Elizabeth David; British writing; American writing, from the nostalgic cartoon world of Gilbert Hernandez to Louise Erdrich's fantastic vision of the everyday; sexuality, from Josephine Baker's vibrant eroticism to the history of the corset, as well as more straightforward appreciations of the work of Joyce and of the neglected genius, Christina Stead.
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Angela Carter was one of the most important and influential writers of our time: a novelist of extraordinary power and a searching critic and essayist. This selection of her writing, which she made herself, covers more than a decade of her thought and confirms her as an acute and startlingly original observer of the writing of others.
The range of subjects which she explored is a true measure of the wide focus of her interests: storytelling, from the brothers Grimm to William Burroughs; food writing, where her irreverent tone triggered a correspondence from enraged supporters of Elizabeth David; British writing; American writing, from the nostalgic cartoon world of Gilbert Hernandez to Louise Erdrich's fantastic vision of the everyday; sexuality, from Josephine Baker's vibrant eroticism to the history of the corset, as well as more straightforward appreciations of the work of Joyce and of the neglected genius, Christina Stead.
Behind this disparity there is a continuity of thought: Angela Carter was steadfast in regarding power of the imagination and freedom from prejudice as of paramount importance. Maverick and witty, serious and humane, these pieces unerringly expose the brilliance of the genius and the posturing of the fake.
Together, they form a supremely enjoyable testament to a great writer and her vision of the world. Vissza