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Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and
neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning
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.
This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts
and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and
much- missed Angela Carter. Illustrated throughout with original
woodcuts.
"All is yours, everywhere is open to you - except the lock that the
single key fits. You must promise, if you love me, to leave it well
alone." When a 17 year old virgin marries a mature and charismatic
Marquis it seems like a fairy tale. But when the Marquis is called
away on their wedding night, leaving her only her only his keys and
a single instruction, her curiosity leads her to uncover a dark
secret. Bryony Lavery's new stage adaptation of Angela Carter's
story opened as a Northern Stage production in September 2008.
A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter's feminist retelling
of fairy tales - masterful, seductive and luminous. From familiar
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. 'Magnificent set pieces of fastidious
sensuality' Ian McEwan 'A quirky, original, and baroque stylist'
Margaret Atwood VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Beautiful editions
of great books to last a lifetime INTRODUCED BY HELEN SIMPSON
'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . .
refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN 'Her work is funny, sexy,
frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN 'Angela Carter
liked to blur boundaries and break rules' GABY WOOD, INDEPENDENT
Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the
Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history,
from the 1970s to today. 'Sexuality is power' - so says the Marquis
de Sade, philosopher and pornographer extraordinaire. His virtuous
Justine keeps to the rules laid down by men, her reward rape and
humiliation; his Juliette, Justine's triumphantly monstrous
antithesis, viciously exploits her sexuality. In a world where all
tenderness is false, all beds are minefields. But now Sade has met
his match. With invention and genius, Angela Carter takes on these
outrageous figments of his extreme imagination, and transforms them
into symbols of our time - the Hollywood sex goddesses, mothers and
daughters, pornography, even the sacred shrines of sex and marriage
lie devastatingly exposed before our eyes. Angela Carter delves
into the viscera of our distorted sexuality and reveals a dazzling
vision of love which admits neither of conqueror nor of conquered.
Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background,
discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to
the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play
or a novel. You'll learn all about the historical context of the
piece; find detailed discussions of key passages and characters;
learn interesting facts about the text; and discover structures,
patterns and themes that you may never have known existed. In the
Advanced Notes, specific sections on critical thinking, and advice
on how to read critically yourself, enable you to engage with the
text in new and different ways. Full glossaries, self-test
questions and suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare
for your exam, while internet links and references to film, TV,
theatre and the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen
text. York Notes offer an exciting and accessible key to your text,
enabling you to develop your ideas and transform your studies!
Youth unemployment and underemployment is a serious issue in most
developed countries in the world. Having few young people in the
workplace has serious and lasting consequences for generations of
young people, their families, businesses and society as a whole. Dr
Carter explores these important issues from multiple (and
international) perspectives, offering research evidence and guiding
frameworks from social and work psychology, to get more young
people into good work. Young People, Employment and Work Psychology
brings together educators, researchers, occupational psychologists,
and government agencies responding to young people struggling to
gain and sustain employment. Theoretically based and
evidence-driven, this book explores the consequences of
unemployment, suggests ways in which businesses can enable young
people's first steps into employment and gives practical advice to
young people and employers to prepare for and gain entry-level
roles and develop more diverse workplaces. From the reasons why
organizations are often reluctant to employ young people, to issues
of motivation and confidence which often affect young people's
perspective in looking for work, the book covers several
interventions within both the public and private sector. This book
is an invaluable resource for employers, policy makers and
professionals working with young people, as well as students and
researchers in work and organizational psychology, HRM, business
management and social policy.
From the liars of the fantastical and fabular and from the domains of the unconscious's mysteries...lie the brides in the Bloody Chamber - hunts unwillingly the Queen of the Vampires - slips Red Riding Hood into the arms of the Wolf - pimps our Puss-In-Boots for his lustful master. In tales that glitter and haunt - strange nuggets from a writer whose wayaward pen spills forth stylish, erotic, nightmarish jewe;s of prose - the old fairy stories live and breathe again, subtly altered, subtly changed.
This bestselling collection of stories extols the female virtues of
discontent, sexual disruptiveness and bad manners Here are
subversive tales - by Ama Ata Aidoo, Jane Bowles, Angela Carter,
Colette, Bessie Head, Jamaica Kincaid and Katherine Mansfield among
others - all have one thing in common: the wish to restore
adventuresses and revolutionaries to their rightful position as
models for all women Reflecting the wide-ranging intelligence and
deliciously anarchic taste of Angela Carter, some of these stories
celebrate toughness and resilience, some of them low cunning: all
of them are about not being nice.
Youth unemployment and underemployment is a serious issue in most
developed countries in the world. Having few young people in the
workplace has serious and lasting consequences for generations of
young people, their families, businesses and society as a whole. Dr
Carter explores these important issues from multiple (and
international) perspectives, offering research evidence and guiding
frameworks from social and work psychology, to get more young
people into good work. Young People, Employment and Work Psychology
brings together educators, researchers, occupational psychologists,
and government agencies responding to young people struggling to
gain and sustain employment. Theoretically based and
evidence-driven, this book explores the consequences of
unemployment, suggests ways in which businesses can enable young
people's first steps into employment and gives practical advice to
young people and employers to prepare for and gain entry-level
roles and develop more diverse workplaces. From the reasons why
organizations are often reluctant to employ young people, to issues
of motivation and confidence which often affect young people's
perspective in looking for work, the book covers several
interventions within both the public and private sector. This book
is an invaluable resource for employers, policy makers and
professionals working with young people, as well as students and
researchers in work and organizational psychology, HRM, business
management and social policy.
The transformation of Desiderio's city into a mysterious kingdom is
instantaneous: Hallucination flows with magical speed in every
brain; avenues and plazas are suddenly as fertile as fairy-book
forests. And the evil comes, too, as imaginary massacres fill the
streets with blood, the dead return to question the living, and
profound anxiety drives hundreds to suicide.
Behind it all stands Doctor Hoffman, whose gigantic generators
crack the immutable surfaces of time and space and plunge
civilization into a world without the chains - or structures - of
reason. Only Desiderio, immune to mirages and fantasy, can defeat
him. But Desiderio's battle will take him to the very brink of
undeniable, irresistible desire.
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The Magic Toyshop (Paperback)
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'The boldest of English women writers' LORNA SAGE 'Her writing is
pyrotechnic - fuelled with ideas, packed with images and spangling
the night with her starry language' OBSERVER 'She can glide from
ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to
comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive
power of the original tales' THE TIMES 'This crazy world whirled
around her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even
the birds are mechanical and the few human figures went masked ...
She was in the night once again, and the doll was herself.' One
night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding
dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave her
rural home, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has
never met: gentle Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and
her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy
nature, and the volatile Finn. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip,
who loves only the puppets he creates in his workshop, which are
life-sized - and uncannily life-like.
Sophi Fevvers--the toast of Europe's capitals, courted by the
Prince of Wales, painted by Toulouse-Lautrec--is an "aerialiste
extraordinaire," star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part
woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a
quest to discover Fevvers's true identity: Is she part swan or all
fake? Dazzled by his love for Fevvers, and desperate for the scoop
of a lifetime, Walser joins the circus on its tour. The journey
takes him--and the reader--on an intoxicating trip through
turn-of-the-century London, St. Petersburg, and Siberia--a tour so
magical that only Angela Carter could have created it.
Using the cover artwork of our much-loved Virago Modern Classics
hardback range, these elegant porcelain mugs celebrate three of our
most popular titles: The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith;
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; and Good Behaviour by Molly
Keane. They are a must-have for all Virago fans, and are surely the
most stylish way to enjoy your morning coffee! Each mug is
presented in a beautiful gift-box with corresponding artwork. The
mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe. The Talented Mr Ripley and
The Magic Toyshop feature artwork by vintage textile designers
Marian Mahler and Jacqueline Groag. Good Behaviour features a cover
by award-winning designers Eley Kishimoto:
http://www.eleykishimoto.com/
This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys
and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human
figures went masked... She was in the night once again, and the
doll was herself.' Melanie walks in the midnight garden, wearing
her mother's wedding dress; naked she climbs the apple tree in the
black of the moon. Omens of disaster, swiftly following, transport
Melanie from rural comfort to London, to the Magic Toyshop. To the
red-haired, dancing Finn, the gentle Francie, dumb Aunt Margaret
and Uncle Phillip. Francie plays curious night music, Finn kisses
fifteen-year-old Melanie in the mysterious ruins of the pleasure
gardens. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip: Uncle Philip, with
blank eyes the colour of wet newspaper, making puppets the size of
men, and clockwork roses. He loves his magic puppets, but hates the
love of man for woman, boy for girl, brother for sister...
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Cover design by Jacqueline Groag 'This crazy world whirled about
her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the
birds were mechanical and the few human figures went masked ...She
was in the night again, and the doll was herself' One night Melanie
walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next
morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave her rural home, she
is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: gentle
Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and her brothers,
Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the
volatile Finn. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip, who loves only
the puppets he creates in his workshop, which are life-sized - and
uncannily life-like.
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 Unlce 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.
'Angela Carter has influenced a whole generation of fellow writers towards dream worlds of baroque splendour, fairy tale horror, and visions of the alienated wreckage of a future world. In NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS, she has invented a new, raunchy, raucous, Cockney voice for her heroine Fevvers, taking us back into a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and animal variety' The Times.
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.
Shortly before her death Angela Carter was preparing this volume of
short stories, one which does full justice to the glory of her
imagination and the range of her talent. It is divided into
distinct parts. The first comprises a group of stories inspired by
America: Lizzie Borden visits a circus; a John Ford Western is
spiced with the story of 'TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE' and there is a
wonderful Gothic extravaganza set in Hollywood. The second section
- OLD WORLD WONDERS - draws on fairy tales (Cinderella), on the
story of Mary Magdalene, on the folklore of pantomime, on ALICE IN
WONDERLAND, an on medieval legend. These stories represent Angela
Carter at her most acrobatic and dazzling: erudite, witty, sexy and
enthralling. A book to delight her many, many fans.
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 siecle
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.
Desiderio, an employee of the city under a bizarre reality attack
from Doctor Hoffman's mysterious machines, has fallen in love with
Albertina, the Doctor's daughter. But Albertina, a beautiful woman
made of glass, seems only to appear to him in his dreams. Meeting
on his adventures a host of cannibals, centaurs and acrobats,
Desiderio must battle against unreality and the warping of time and
space to be with her, as the Doctor reduces Desiderio's city to a
chaotic state of emergency - one ridden with madness, crime and
sexual excess. A satirical tale of magic and sex, The Infernal
Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a dazzling quest for truth,
love and identity.
A modern fable, a post-apocalyptic romance, a gothic horror story;
Angela Carter's genre-defying fantasia Heroes and Villains includes
an introduction by Robert Coover in Penguin Modern Classics.
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. Angela Carter (1940-92) was born in Eastbourne and
later evacuated to live with her grandmother in Yorkshire. She read
English at Bristol University, and after escaping an early marriage
went to live in Japan for a number of years. She wrote nine novels,
which blend fantasy, science fiction and gothic, and is often
referred to as a writer of magical realism. If you enjoyed Heroes
and Villains, you might like Carter's The Infernal Desire Machines
of Doctor Hoffman, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'Angela Carter is a genius' Victoria Glendinning 'An unashamed
fantasist, a fabulist of daemonic energy' The Times
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'I started to write short pieces when I was living in a room too
small to write a novel in.' So says Angela Carter of this
collection, written during a period living in Toyko. These exotic,
sensuous stories represent Carter's first major achievement in the
short story form. Lush imaginary forests, a murderous puppet show
and an expressionistic vision of Japan: each one instantly conjures
an atmosphere, dark and luminous in turn, and from the recognisably
daring imagination of one of the great twentieth-century stylists.
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