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Angela Carter (May 7, 1940 – February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 kmÂ² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

Biography

Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne, in 1940, Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her maternal grandmother. As a teenager, she battled anorexia. She at first worked as a journalist on the Croydon Advertiser, following in the footsteps of her father who was also a journalist. Carter attended the University of Bristol where she studied English literature. Shown within East Sussex Geography Status: Borough Region: South East England Historic County: Sussex Admin. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Anorexia (deriving from the Greek Î±(Î½)- (a(n)-, a prefix that denotes absence) + ÏŒÏÎµÎ¾Î· (orexe) = appetite) is the decreased sensation of appetite. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Croydon Advertiser is a weekly newspaper covering the London Borough of Croydon, South London and surrounding areas. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S...

Carter’s writings show the influence of her mother. This influence can be seen in her novel Wise Children, which is notable for its many Shakespearean references. Carter was also interested in reappropriating writings by male authors, such as the Marquis de Sade (see The Sadeian Woman) and Charles Baudelaire (see her short story 'Black Venus'), amongst other literary forefathers. But she was also fascinated by the matriarchal, oral, storytelling tradition, rewriting several fairy tales for her short story collection The Bloody Chamber, including Little Red Riding Hood, "Bluebeard," and two reworkings of "Beauty and the Beast," Wise Children Cover photograph: Jambes de danseuse by Erwin Blumenfled Wise Children (ISBN 0-09-998110-6) is a novel by Angela Carter following the fortunes of two chorus girls, the Chance sisters, and their bizarre theatrical family. ... William Shakespeare—born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.S.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.)—has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-AmÃ©dÃ©e-Philippe van Loo (c. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Bloody Chamber is an anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. ... Little Red Riding Hood is a famous folktale about a young girls encounter with a wolf. ...

She married twice, the first time in 1960 to a man named Paul Carter. They divorced after twelve years. In 1969 Angela Carter used the proceeds of her Somerset Maugham Award to leave her husband and travel to Japan, living in Tokyo for two years, where, she claims, she "learnt what it is to be a woman and became radicalised" (Nothing Sacred (1982)). She wrote about her experiences there in articles for New Society and a collection of short stories, Fireworks (1974), and evidence of her experiences in Japan can also be seen in The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (1972). She was there at the same time as Roland Barthes, who published his experiences in Empire of Signs (1970). 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New Society was a left-of-centre British weekly political magazine that tended to focus on the social sciences. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Roland Barthes Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 â€“ March 25, 1980) (pronounced ) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

She then explored the United States, Asia and Europe, helped by her fluency in French and German. She spent much of the late 1970s and 1980s as a writer in residence at universities, including the University of Sheffield, Brown University, the University of Adelaide, and the University of East Anglia. In 1977, Carter married again, to her second husband, Mark Pearce. World map showing the location of Asia. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The University of Sheffield is a research university, located in Sheffield, United Kingdom. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... The University of Adelaide (colloquially Adelaide University or Adelaide Uni) is a public university located in Adelaide. ... The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Governments New Universities programme in the 1960s. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

As well as being a prolific writer of fiction, Carter contributed many articles to The Guardian, The Independent and New Statesman, collected in Shaking a Leg. She also wrote for radio, adapting a number of her short stories for the medium, and two original radio dramas on Richard Dadd and Ronald Firbank. Two of her fictions have been adapted for the silver screen: The Company of Wolves (1984) and The Magic Toyshop (1987). She was actively involved in the adaptation of both films, the screenplays for which are published in the collected Dramatic Writings, The Curious Room, together with her radioplay scripts, a libretto for an opera of Virginia Woolf's Orlando, and an unproduced screenplay entitled The Christchurch Murders based on the same true story as Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. Her controversial television documentary, The Holy Family Album is not included in the Dramatic Writings. These neglected works are discussed in Charlotte Crofts' book, Anagrams of Desire (2003). The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ... The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ... Richard Dadd. ... Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was a British novelist. ... The Company of Wolves is a 1984 fantasy-horror film directed by Neil Jordan, and starring Sarah Patterson and Angela Lansbury. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Curious Room (ISBN 0-09-958621-5) is a book collecting various plays and scripts by Angela Carter. ... Virginia Woolf (nÃ©e Stephen) (January 25, 1882 â€“ March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essay writer who is regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961) is a three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA winning New Zealand filmmaker best known as the director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which he, along with his long time partner, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens adapted from the novels... Heavenly Creatures is a 1994 film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the true story of the infamous Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch, New Zealand. ... The Holy Family Album is a television documentary written and narrated by Angela Carter. ... Anagrams of Desire is an academic text book about Angela Carters dramatic writings. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Angela Carter died aged 51 in 1992 after developing cancer. Below is an extract from her obituary published in The Observer: 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

"She was the opposite of parochial. Nothing, for her, was outside the pale: she wanted to know about everything and everyone, and every place and every word. She relished life and language hugely, and revelled in the diverse"

Works as author

Novels

Shadow Dance was Angela Carters first novel. ... The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. ... Several Perceptions is a 1968 novel by the author Angela Carter. ... Heroes and Villains is a 1969 novel by the author Angela Carter. ... Love is a 1971 novel by Angela Carter. ... The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, published in the US as The War of Dreams, is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1972. ... The Passion of New Eve is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1977. ... Nights at the Circus is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1984. ... Wise Children Cover photograph: Jambes de danseuse by Erwin Blumenfled Wise Children (ISBN 0-09-998110-6) is a novel by Angela Carter following the fortunes of two chorus girls, the Chance sisters, and their bizarre theatrical family. ...

Poetry

Short fiction

Dramatic works

The Curious Room (ISBN 0-09-958621-5) is a book collecting various plays and scripts by Angela Carter. ... The Company of Wolves is a 1984 fantasy-horror film directed by Neil Jordan, and starring Sarah Patterson and Angela Lansbury. ... The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. ... The Holy Family Album is a television documentary written and narrated by Angela Carter. ...

Children's books

Nonfiction

Works as editor

External links

Categories: 1940 births | 1992 deaths | English atheists | English novelists | English short story writers | English fantasy writers | Academics of the University of East Anglia Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer (July 7, 1968â€”) is an American writer, although he has pursued careers in editing and publishing. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Internet Speculative Fiction Database is a database of bibliographic information on science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction. ... Shadow Dance was Angela Carters first novel. ... The Magic Toyshop, a modern British novel written by Angela Carter, was first published in 1967. ... Several Perceptions is a 1968 novel by the author Angela Carter. ... Heroes and Villains is a 1969 novel by the author Angela Carter. ... Love is a 1971 novel by Angela Carter. ... The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, published in the US as The War of Dreams, is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1972. ... The Passion of New Eve is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1977. ... Nights at the Circus is a novel by Angela Carter, first published in 1984. ... Wise Children Cover photograph: Jambes de danseuse by Erwin Blumenfled Wise Children (ISBN 0-09-998110-6) is a novel by Angela Carter following the fortunes of two chorus girls, the Chance sisters, and their bizarre theatrical family. ...

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