This book offers essays on the short stories, novels and general writings of Angela Carter to examine her philosophy and style with a biographical introduction.

Angela Carter's writings have been a source of pleasure, puzzlement and controversy, and explore the subject of gender in difficult and daring ways. This collection provides a selection of the different responses evoked by her work over the years.

Covering her early poetry and journalism as well as her fictional writings, leading international scholars explore new directions in scholarship on Angela Carter.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON From familiar fairy tales and legends âe" Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves âe" Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.

Drawing on many aspects of contemporary feminist theory, this lively collection of essays assesses Angela Carter's polemical fictions of desire. Carter, renowned for her irreverent wit, was one of the most gifted, subversive, and stylish British writers to emerge in the 1960s.

This volume of essays commemorates the work of Angela Carter. Her fellow writers, along with an impressive company of critics, discuss the novels, stories and polemics that make her one of the most spellbinding authors of her generation.

A diverse collection of essays, artwork, interviews, and fiction on Angela Carter.