Surveying the many interpretations of this provocative text, this guide showcases a selection of new critical essays to present those beginning a detailed study of the novel, a way through the contextual and critical material that surrounds it.
Surveying the many interpretations of this provocative text, this guide showcases a selection of new critical essays to present those beginning a detailed study of the novel, a way through the contextual and critical material that surrounds it.
Helen Stoddart is a lecturer at Keele University. She is interested in research on the circus; its history, cultural influences and implications and, most particularly, its representation in other forms such as literature and cinema.
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Introduction. Part 1: Nights at the Circus: Text and Contexts Angela Carter: Biography and Writing. Forms of Writing. Academic Contexts. Internationalism. Recognition. Britain: 1890s, 1960s and 1980s. Literary Contexts and Beyond. Walter Benjamin and the 'Angel of History'. Michel Foucault and the Panopticon. Laura Mulvey, Women and 'to-be-looked-at-ness'. Mikhail Bakhtin: The Carnivalesque and the Grotesque. Postmodernism: Intertextuality, Bricolage, and Metafiction. Magical Realism. Masquerade and the Performative Part 2: Critical History Reviews. Gender, Feminism and the Carnivalesque. History and Politics. Postmodernism. Genre: Picaresque and Gothic Part 3: Critical Readings Metafiction, Magical Realism, and Myth. Postmodernism. Gender, Performance, and Identity. Popular Culture, Carnival and Clowns. Further Reading.
Introduction.Part 1: Nights at the Circus: Text and Contexts Angela Carter: Biography and Writing. Forms of Writing. Academic Contexts. Internationalism. Recognition. Britain: 1890s, 1960s and 1980s. Literary Contexts and Beyond. Walter Benjamin and the 'Angel of History'. Michel Foucault and the Panopticon. Laura Mulvey, Women and 'to-be-looked-at-ness'. Mikhail Bakhtin: The Carnivalesque and the Grotesque. Postmodernism: Intertextuality, Bricolage, and Metafiction. Magical Realism. Masquerade and the Performative Part 2: Critical History Reviews. Gender, Feminism and the Carnivalesque. History and Politics. Postmodernism. Genre: Picaresque and Gothic Part 3: Critical Readings Metafiction, Magical Realism, and Myth. Postmodernism. Gender, Performance, and Identity. Popular Culture, Carnival and Clowns. Further Reading.
Introduction. Part 1: Nights at the Circus: Text and Contexts Angela Carter: Biography and Writing. Forms of Writing. Academic Contexts. Internationalism. Recognition. Britain: 1890s, 1960s and 1980s. Literary Contexts and Beyond. Walter Benjamin and the 'Angel of History'. Michel Foucault and the Panopticon. Laura Mulvey, Women and 'to-be-looked-at-ness'. Mikhail Bakhtin: The Carnivalesque and the Grotesque. Postmodernism: Intertextuality, Bricolage, and Metafiction. Magical Realism. Masquerade and the Performative Part 2: Critical History Reviews. Gender, Feminism and the Carnivalesque. History and Politics. Postmodernism. Genre: Picaresque and Gothic Part 3: Critical Readings Metafiction, Magical Realism, and Myth. Postmodernism. Gender, Performance, and Identity. Popular Culture, Carnival and Clowns. Further Reading.
Introduction.Part 1: Nights at the Circus: Text and Contexts Angela Carter: Biography and Writing. Forms of Writing. Academic Contexts. Internationalism. Recognition. Britain: 1890s, 1960s and 1980s. Literary Contexts and Beyond. Walter Benjamin and the 'Angel of History'. Michel Foucault and the Panopticon. Laura Mulvey, Women and 'to-be-looked-at-ness'. Mikhail Bakhtin: The Carnivalesque and the Grotesque. Postmodernism: Intertextuality, Bricolage, and Metafiction. Magical Realism. Masquerade and the Performative Part 2: Critical History Reviews. Gender, Feminism and the Carnivalesque. History and Politics. Postmodernism. Genre: Picaresque and Gothic Part 3: Critical Readings Metafiction, Magical Realism, and Myth. Postmodernism. Gender, Performance, and Identity. Popular Culture, Carnival and Clowns. Further Reading.
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