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Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, née Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works.
The Passion of New Eve is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1977.The book is set in a dystopian United States where civil war has broken out between different political, racial and gendered groups.
Nights at the Circus is a novel by British writer Angela Carter, first published in 1984 and the winner of the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. The novel focuses on the life and exploits of Sophie Fevvers, a woman who is – or so she would have people believe – a Cockney virgin, hatched from an egg laid by unknown parents and ready to develop fully fledged wings.
The novel was filmed in 1987. It was produced by Steve Morrison and directed by David Wheatley.It was adapted for the screen by the author, Angela Carter, and starred Tom Bell, Caroline Milmoe, Killian McKenna, Patricia Kerrigan, and Lorcan Cranitch.
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces (aka Fireworks: Nine Stories in Various Disguises or Fireworks) is an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter.It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1974 by Quartet Books Ltd. and contains a collection stories, several of which are based on Carter's own experiences of living in Japan from 1969 to 1971.
Several Perceptions is Angela Carter's third novel and forms a thematic "Bristol trilogy" set in the southwestern English port city, along with her works Shadow Dance and Love. The novel centres on a loose string of vignettes related to Joseph Harker, a university student drop out and self-proclaimed nihilist.
The Bloody Chamber (or The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories) is a collection of short stories by English writer Angela Carter.It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1979 by Gollancz [1] and won the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize.
The Company of Wolves is a 1984 British gothic fantasy horror film directed by Neil Jordan and starring Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Micha Bergese, and Sarah Patterson in her film debut. The screenplay by Angela Carter and Jordan was adapted from her 1979 short story of the same name. [3]