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Angela Carter

    7. Mai 1940 – 16. Februar 1992

    Angela Carter war eine Schriftstellerin, die die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fantasie, Mythos und Moderne erforschte. Ihre Werke sind bekannt für ihre reiche, evokative Prosa und ihre gekonnte Verwebung von Folklore, Psychoanalyse und feministischer Kritik. Carter befasste sich in ihren Texten häufig mit Themen wie Identität, Sexualität und Macht, untergrub traditionelle Erzählungen und suchte nach neuen Perspektiven auf die weibliche Verfasstheit. Ihre einzigartige Stimme und ihr literarischer Einfluss inspirieren Leser und Schriftsteller gleichermaßen.

    Angela Carter
    Nächte im Zirkus
    Wie's uns gefällt
    Schwarze Venus
    Füchsin, Dummerchen und Zauberin
    Das Buch Eva
    Sexualität ist Macht
    • Die blutige Kammer

      • 237 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      Väter, Bestien, Werwölfe – die Frauen in Märchen haben seit jeher kein einfaches Los. In Angela Carters Kult-Nachdichtungen von etwa Blaubart, Der gestiefelte Kater oder Die Schöne und das Biest wird die traditionelle Rollenverteilung nicht nur umgekehrt, sondern in die Luft gejagt. Hier werden Frauen zu Tigerbräuten und Schöne zu Biestern, Erlkönige mit dem eigenen Haar erwürgt und Werwolfsgroßmütter von ihren Enkelinnen erledigt. Die Antiheldinnen und Heldinnen dieser Märchen sinnen in gleichem Maße auf Rache, wie sie nach Liebe streben. Angela Carter ist die Godmother der feministischen (Horror-)Literatur. Ihre abgründig-erotischen Neuerzählungen von Märchen bestechen auch mehr als fünfzig Jahre nach ihrem Erscheinen mit unvermittelter Wucht.

      Die blutige Kammer2025
      3,6
    • The Sadeian Woman

      Virago 50th Anniversary Edition

      • 192 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      The book explores the complex relationship between pornography and feminism, arguing that current ideologies fail to recognize the potential for transformation within the industry. It critiques how contemporary views of pornography contribute to the oppression of women, suggesting that a shift in perspective could lead to more empowering representations. By examining the implications of these ideologies, the author invites readers to reconsider the role of pornography in society and its impact on gender dynamics.

      The Sadeian Woman2023
      3,6
    • Good Morning, Daughter

      31 Days with Daddy Devotional

      • 76 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden

      This devotional offers women a unique experience through daily love letters from God, inviting them into a deep, personal relationship with the Father. Each day features short meditations and scripture that foster a sense of joy and wonder. Readers are encouraged to engage in a two-way conversation by reflecting and recording their thoughts, making it a meaningful journey of faith. The intimate greeting, "Good Morning, Daughter!" sets a warm and welcoming tone for each day's exploration.

      Good Morning, Daughter2022
    • In The Bloody Chamber, Carter's famous collection of deeply unsettling stories inspired by fairy tales, a Beauty is turned into a Beast and Little Red Riding's grandmother is stoned to death as a witch; a young music student is swept off her feet in Paris by a middle-aged aristocrat and transported to his ancestral abode to re-enact the story of Bluebeard against a sumptuous fin de si�cle background; a British soldier on a cycling holiday in Transylvania in the summer of 1914 finds himself the guest of an alluring female vampire. By contrast, in Wise Children, Carter's last novel), the comic, the bawdy and the life-enhancing prevail. An irrepressible elderly lady recalls the many colourful decades she and her sister spent as vaudeville performers - a tale as full of twins and mistaken identities as any plot of Shake- speare's. The early collection, Fireworks, reveals Carter taking her first forays into the fantastic writing that was to become her unforgettable legacy. The Everyman's Library omnibus gathers the best of Angela Carter in one astonishing volume.

      The bloody chamber. Wise children. Fireworks2018
      3,6
    • Bluebeard

      • 59 Seiten
      • 3 Lesestunden

      Angela Carter's playful and subversive retellings of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tales conjure up a world of resourceful women, black-hearted villains, wily animals and incredible transformations. In these seven stories, bristling with frank, earthy humour and gothic imagination, nothing is as it seems.

      Bluebeard2011
      3,6
    • An exciting approach to English LiteraturePacked with features designed to help students get the most from the text they are -          Summaries with detailed commentaries -          Extended commentaries on key passages -          Discussion of themes and literary techniques -          Author biography -          Historical and literary background -          Chronology of important events -          ‘Check the net/film/book’ features -          Glossary of literary terms -          Self-test questions

      Bloody Chamber: York Notes Advanced2008
      3,7
    • In Eighteenth Century France, Charles Perrault Rescued From The Oral Tradition Fairy Tales That Are Known And Loved Even Today By Virtually All Children In The West. Angela Carter Came Across Perrault'S Work And Set Out To Adapt The Stories For Modern Readers Of English. In Breathing New Life Into These Classic Fables, She Produced Versions That Live On As Classics In Their Own Right, Marked As Much By Her Signature Wit, Irony, And Subversiveness As They Are By The Qualities That Have Made Them Universally Appealing For Centuries.

      The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault2008
      3,8
    • The Sadeian Woman

      An Exercise in Cultural History

      • 192 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      The book offers an intellectually stimulating exploration with a tone that is both refined and witty. It engages readers through its rational discourse while avoiding the ordinary, providing a unique perspective that invites deeper contemplation. The writing style is characterized by an appreciation for nuance and sophistication, making it appealing to those who enjoy thoughtful and articulate narratives.

      The Sadeian Woman2006
      4,0
    • Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales

      • 486 Seiten
      • 18 Lesestunden

      Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world - from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones; crafty women and bad girls; enchantresses and midwives; rascal aunts and odd sisters.

      Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales2005
      4,2
    • Passion Of New Eve

      • 192 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      I know nothing. I am a tabula rasa, a blank sheet of paper, an unhatched egg. I have not yet become a woman, although I possess a woman's shape. Not a woman, no: both more and less than a real woman. Now I am a being as mythic and monstrous as Mother herself . . . ' New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn. But this young Englishman's fate lies in the arid desert, where a many-breasted fertility goddess will wield her scalpel to transform him into the new Eve.

      Passion Of New Eve2001
      3,7
    • Shaking a Leg

      Collected Journalism and Writings

      • 656 Seiten
      • 23 Lesestunden

      This intellectual autobiography presents Angela Carter as a significant figure in twentieth-century literature, showcasing her unique blend of drama, outrage, and humor. Through her narrative, readers gain insight into her thoughts and experiences, revealing her impact as a critical thinker and a vibrant voice in the literary world. The book captures the essence of her fiction while offering a deeper understanding of her life and ideas.

      Shaking a Leg1997
      4,2
    • Several Perceptions

      • 148 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden

      Full of the wit and irreverence for which Carter is renowned

      Several Perceptions1997
      3,6
    • Burning Your Boats

      Stories

      • 462 Seiten
      • 17 Lesestunden

      As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four wonderful collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers, and a couple of the volumes are now out of print. In BURNING YOUR BOATS they are gethered together for the first time; this is a key collection and a major event for Angela Carter aficionados. It brings some important work back into print, including THE BLOODY CHAMBER - her seminal collection of fairytales in which she rewrote stories such as Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty and the Beast in her characteristically subversive, earthy way. This publication in 1995 will begin a major Angela Carter promotion; a celebration of the publication of her Collected Works, and a major push for the back list, with an order form for all of the Chatto, Vintage and Virago titles. This enticing, fat volume of Carter's surprising and inventive stories will be one of the most exciting events in the promotion.

      Burning Your Boats1995
      4,3
    • A collection of Angela Carter's stories, as yet unpublished in book form. It is divided into two parts. The first is a group of stories inspired by America, including a Gothic extravaganza set in Hollywood. The second section draws upon such sources as fairy tales, the Bible and medieval legend.

      American ghosts and old world wonders1993
      3,8
    • Wie's uns gefällt

      • 333 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      In die Welt des Varietes und des Theaters führt der Roman der Anfang 1992 verstorbenen Angela Carter. Er erzählt von den Schwestern Dora und Nora, die auf eine siebzigjährige Karriere als Glamour-Girls zurückblicken, und von deren Sippschaft, die aus Schmierenkomödianten, Hollywoodstars oder Staatsschaupielern besteht.

      Wie's uns gefällt1993
      4,0
    • Expletives Deleted

      • 240 Seiten
      • 9 Lesestunden

      WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL MOORCOCK 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 ranges over a diversity of subjects giving a true measure of the wide focus of her interests: the brothers Grimm; William Burroughs; food writing, Elizbaeth David; British writing: American writing; sexuality, from Josephine Baker to the history of the corset; and appreciations of the work of Joyce and Christina Stead.

      Expletives Deleted1992
      3,9
    • The Bloody Chamber

      • 176 Seiten
      • 7 Lesestunden

      'Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality' - Ian McEwan From the familiar material of fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss-in-Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. ' The Bloody Chamber 's interweaving of retold fairy tales demonstrates Angela Carter's narrative gift as its most mocking and seductive' - Observer

      The Bloody Chamber1990
      4,0
    • Wayward Girls and Wicked Women

      • 340 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden

      This collection of stories, about bad girls and wicked women, extols the female virtues of discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners. The authors featured include Ama Ata Aidoo, Djuna Barnes, Jane Bowles, Colette, Bessie Head, Katherine Mansfield and Jamaica Kincaid.CONTENTSIntroductionElizabeth Jolley: The Last CropLeonora Carrington: The DébutanteRocky Gámez: From The Gloria StoriesBessie Head: LifeJane Bowles: A Guatemalan IdyllKatherine Mansfield: The Young GirlSuniti Namjoshi: Three Feminist FablesColette: The Rainy MoonGeorge Egerton: WedlockFrances Towers: VioletAma Ata Aidoo: The PlumsGrace Paley: A Woman Young And OldAndrée Chedid: The Long TrialAngela Carter: The Loves Of Lady PurpleDjuna Barnes: The EarthVernon Lee: Oke Of OkehurstJamaica Kincaid: GirlLuo Shu: Aunt Liu

      Wayward Girls and Wicked Women1989
      3,8
    • Comic and Curious Cats

      • 32 Seiten
      • 2 Lesestunden

      Paintings and text capture the strange moods of cats and introduce the alphabet.

      Comic and Curious Cats1988
      4,5
    • Fireworks

      • 128 Seiten
      • 5 Lesestunden

      A collection of short stories and allegorical tales in settings ranging from Tokyo to strange, allegorical landscapes of the imagination.

      Fireworks1988
      3,4
    • Nächte im Zirkus

      • 352 Seiten
      • 13 Lesestunden

      Folgen Sie Angela Carter in das neue Zeitalter, treffen Sie Fevvers, die Cockney-Venus, die berühmteste Trapezkünstlerin aller Zeiten, der ganz Europa - was sage ich, die ganze Welt zu Füßen liegt, intime Freundin von Toulouse-Lautrec, eine Suleika Dobson der Music Hall - und Jack, der ihr völlig verfallen ist. Treffen Sie Lizzie, die Hexe, und Samson, den starken Mann, die tanzenden Tiger (bei Tigern gibt Angela Carter immer ihr Bestes), den schüchternen Räuber, die gelehrten Affen des Monsieur Lamarck, die abessinische Prinzessin und Mignon, die nur singt, nie redet, den Großen Buffo und seine Clowns, den Schamanen, den Zirkusdirektor und Sibyl, sein wahrsagendes Schwein - und natürlich die Elefanten. Schließen Sie sich ihrem Zug durch das zaristische Russland an, folgen Sie Colonel Kearneys sensationellem Zirkus. Nichts wird danach sein wie zuvor.

      Nächte im Zirkus1984
      3,9
    • The novel is from the perspective of Desiderio, a bureau member in the main city currently under attack by Dr Hoffman’s desire machines. With them, Hoffman expands the dimensions of time-space, allowing mutating mirages to inhabit the same dimension as the living. Desiderio, though indifferent to the apparitions, finds himself visited nightly by a glass woman, the manifestation of Albertina, Hoffman’s daughter & Desiderio’s lover-to-be. Unlike Desiderio, many people go crazy in response to the apparitions. The city, severed from communication with the world, becomes a place of rampant insanity & crime, causing a state of emergency. Under the Minister of Determination's command, Desiderio goes undercover to assassinate Hoffman.

      The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (King Penguin)1982
      3,6
    • One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the comfortable home of her childhood, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: Aunt Margaret, beautiful and speechless, and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn, who kisses Melanie in the ruins of the pleasure gardens. And brooding Uncle Philip loves only the life-sized wooden puppets he creates in his toyshop. This classic gothic novel established Angela Carter as one of our most imaginative writers and augurs the themes of her later creative work.

      Das Haus des Puppenmachers1981
      3,9
    • Heroes and Villains

      • 160 Seiten
      • 6 Lesestunden

      Sharp-eyed Marianne lives in a white tower made of steel and concrete with her father and the other Professors. Outside, where the land is thickly wooded and wild beasts roam, live the Barbarians, who raid and pillage in order to survive. Marianne is strictly forbidden to leave her civilized world but, fascinated by these savage outsiders, decides to escape. There, beyond the wire fences, she will discover a decaying paradise, encounter the tattooed Barbarian boy Jewel and go beyond the darkest limits of her imagination. Playful, sensuous, violent and gripping, Heroes and Villains is an ambiguous and deliriously rich blend of post-apocalyptic fiction, gothic fantasy, literary allusion and twisted romance.

      Heroes and Villains1969
      3,4