Angela Carter: New Critical Readings

Lawrence Phillips is Professor in English Literature at the University of Northampton, UK. He is the founding editor of the academic e-journal Literary London Interdisciplinary Studies in the Representation of London (www.literarylondon.org) and an organiser of the annual Literary London Conference which has run since 2002.Sonya Andermahr is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Northampton, UK.

• Introduction: New Critical Readings, Sonya Andermahr and Lawrence Phillips; Part I: Genre and the Canon; 1. Angela Carter's Poetry, Sarah Gamble; 2. Carter's Excessive Stagings of the Canon, Susanne Gruss; 3. The Alchemy of Reading, Michelle Ryan-Sauteur; 4. Contemporary Women Writers: Carter's Literary Legacy, Sonya Andermahr; 5. Between the Paws of the Tender Wolf: Art, Authorship, and Adaptation, Lorna Jowett; 6. Angela Carter's Journalism, Maria Jose Pires; Part II: Philosophies; 7. Angela Carter, Naturalist, Anja Mueller-Wood; 8. Carter and the Evolution Debate, Mary Paul; 9. Surrealism, Subjectivity and the Uncanny, Anna Watz; 10. Allegory and Parody as Critical Reading Strategies, Kari Jegerstedt; 11. Blending the Pre-Raphaelite with the Surreal, Katie Garner; 12. Sex, Violence, and Ethics - Reassessing Carter's 'Moral' Relativism, Lawrence Phillips; Part III: Mythologies; 13. Mythic Appropriation in Carter's Short Stories, Hope Jennings; 14. Towards a New Economy of the Sexes, Aylin Kutlukan; 15. Mapping the 1960s City, Simon Goulding; 16. Woman as 'Ambulant Fetish', Sarah Artt; 17. Playing with Schizophrenia and Surrealism, Jane Hentges; Suggested Further Reading/Bibliography; Index.

Ultimately, the collection is a significant contribution to a growing body of Carter scholarship, which will redirect readers’ thinking about this extraordinary writer. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers and writers alike.