The late author and renowned literary critic describes her life in post-World War II Britain in a memoir of family life, marriage, and personal history.

The late author and renowned literary critic describes her life in post-World War II Britain in a compelling memoir of family life, marriage, and personal history. Winner of the 2000 Whitbread Biography Award. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.

A study of the works of Angela Carter - the inventive British novelist of her generation. It argues that one key to a better understanding of Carter's writings is the extraordinary intelligence with which she read the cultural signs of our times. It also explores the roots of Carter's originality, covering her novels as well as some short stories.

Product Description: Paperback. Pub Date :2002-09-02 Pages: 272 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK Accessible. jargon-free. and with her characteristic clear intelligence. Lorna Sage looks at the ways in which pre-war women writers. some famous...read more

Twenty-one stories depict the dangers and complexities of modern life and the conflict between men and women

Product Description: This distinguished volume of essays commemorates the work of acclaimed writer Angela Carter. Here, renowned writers and critics including Margaret Atwood, Robert Coover, Hermione Lee, and Marina Warner discuss the novels, stories and, polemics that made Carter one of the most spellbinding writers of her generation...read more

Product Description: Stressing the longevity and tenacity of women's involvement in fiction, Women in the House of Fiction explores the ways that this history has been formed by changes in the novel, critical theory, and feminist politics. the tradition of the novel, with its structures , spaces, and containments...read more