Angela Carter’s Critique of Her Contemporary World
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- ISBN 9783631830376
- Weight: 424g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This research sheds new light on Angela Carter’s critique of her contemporary world, not only as a feminist and socialist but also as a political writer who lived through the twentieth century, an unprecedented period when even the meanings of life, death, and survivability changed drastically. The book examines Carter’s portrayals of mortality in her nine novels through the lens of the Cold War and subsequent fears of nuclear catastrophe and sudden death, alongside the comfort blanket of the post-war welfare state. Focusing on the mutual dialogues between Carter and actual historical events, from Hiroshima and the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Thatcherism, the book aims to reconsider her oeuvre from a twenty-first century perspective.
Yutaka Okuhata teaches post-war English literature at Japan Women’s University in Tokyo. He studied at Keio University, the University of Tokyo, and Birkbeck College, University of London. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of London in 2019.
