THE BLOODY CHAMBER: AND OTHER STORIES
by Carter, Angela
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- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30394)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1979. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30394). Octavo, boards. Ten fantasies including "The Company of Wolves," (filmed in 1984 by Neil Jordan). "The Bloody Chamber is often wrongly described as a group of traditional fairy tales given a subversive feminist twist. In fact, these are new stories, not re-tellings. As Angela Carter made clear, "My intention was not to do 'versions' or, as the American edition of the book said, horribly, 'adult' fairy tales, but to extract the latent content from the traditional stories and to use it as the beginnings of new stories." She knew from the start that she was drawn to "Gothic tales, cruel tales, tales of wonder, tales of terror, fabulous narratives that deal directly with the imagery of the unconscious". "The Bloody Chamber is like a multifaceted glittering diamond reflecting and refracting a variety of portraits of desire and sexuality - heterosexual female sexuality - which, unusually for the time, 1979, are told from a heterosexual female viewpoint." "The stories in The Bloody Chamber reverberate with deep and unmistakable imaginative pleasure. There is an astonishing extravivid materiality to this alternative world she invented..." - New review by Helen Simpson in The Guardian, 24 June, 2006. Barron (ed.) Fantasy Literature 4A-63. See Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 6-81.
Synopsis
From familiar fairy tales and legends – Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss-in-Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires, werewolves – Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.
Reviews
On Nov 11 2007, Hazelwood_Booksellers said:
Angela Carter (1940-1992), recipient of the W. Somerset Maughm Award, leaves us with a modern day classic vined around 19th century classics. She takes fairy and folk tales that were their own just-below-the-suface erotic, and recasts them as openly darkening adult erotica. At the hands of a masterful mistress such as Ms. Carter, the likes of, Little Red Riding Hood; Puss and Boots; Beauty and the Beast, and more, are shaped and sharpened to challenge the mind and stir the loins. This is a timeless wonderment for the fan and collector of adult erotica from a talent we may not see the likes of again. This was Angela Carter's 10th work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30394
- Title
- THE BLOODY CHAMBER: AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Carter, Angela
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (30394)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Horror . Fantasy . SC . Film source
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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