Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus

A Routledge Study Guide

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Books & Reading
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Author: Helen Stoddart ISBN: 9781134269464
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 11, 2007
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Helen Stoddart
ISBN: 9781134269464
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 11, 2007
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

A highly original and influential work of modern British literature, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus combines a fantastically creative plot with a strong political undertone. The result is an emotive and provocative novel, which has attracted much critical attention from a range of perspectives including poststructuralism, gender studies, postmodernism and psychoanalysis.

This guide to Angela Carter’s complex novel, presents:

  • an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Nights at the Circus
    a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
  • a selection of new critical essays on the Nights at the Circus, by Heather Johnson, Jeannette Baxter, Sarah Sceats and Helen Stoddart, providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section
  • cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
  • suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Nights at the Circus and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Carter’s text.

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A highly original and influential work of modern British literature, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus combines a fantastically creative plot with a strong political undertone. The result is an emotive and provocative novel, which has attracted much critical attention from a range of perspectives including poststructuralism, gender studies, postmodernism and psychoanalysis.

This guide to Angela Carter’s complex novel, presents:

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Nights at the Circus and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Carter’s text.

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