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In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora -- unacknowledged the daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day -- were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at the age of 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed the Angela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, she created in Wise Children an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate the lore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections between parent and child, the transitory and the immortal, authenticity and falsehood.
In their heyday on the vaudeville stages of the early twentieth century, Dora Chance and her twin sister, Nora -- unacknowledged the daughters of Sir Melchior Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day -- were known as the Lucky Chances, with private lives as colorful and erratic as their careers. But now, at the age of 75, Dora is typing up their life story, and it is a tale indeed the Angela Carter tells. A writer known for the richness of her imagination and wit as well as her feminist insights into matters large and small, she created in Wise Children an effervescent family saga that manages to celebrate the lore and magic of show business while also exploring the connections between parent and child, the transitory and the immortal, authenticity and falsehood.
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Reimagining classic fairy tales and folk motifs through a subversive feminist lens redefined modern gothic fiction and magical realism, most famously demonstrated in the short story collection The Bloody Chamber. English author Angela Carter, born Angela Olive Stalker and also known as Angela Olive Pearce, produced a distinct body of work spanning novels, short fiction, poetry, journalism, and drama. Her writing fuses dark humor, theatrical extravagance, and picaresque narrative style to dismantle cultural myths and critique traditional gender roles.
Before pursuing creative writing full-time, Carter worked as a journalist for the Croydon Advertiser from 1958 to 1961. She then studied English and medieval literature at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965. She published her debut novel Shadow Dance in 1966, followed by The Magic Toyshop in 1967, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was later adapted into a 1986 film. After receiving the Somerset Maugham Award in 1969, Carter spent time living in Japan from 1969 to 1970, an experience that heavily influenced her writing. Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, she held several academic appointments, including Arts Council Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 1976 to 1978, visiting professor at Brown University from 1980 to 1981, and writer-in-residence at the University of Adelaide in 1984. She also edited the short story anthology Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, highlighting subversive stories by women writers.
Carter's fiction is celebrated for its lush, sensory prose, ornate rhetoric, and deep engagement with folklore, psychoanalysis, and feminist theory. She frequently deconstructed established fairy tales to explore themes of sexuality, power, identity, and transformation. Her short story 'The Company of Wolves' was adapted into an acclaimed 1984 film directed by Neil Jordan. Carter's literary standing expanded significantly during her lifetime and posthumously; in 2008, The Times listed her tenth among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, and in 2012 her 1984 novel Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
5 books in catalog
Reimagining classic fairy tales and folk motifs through a subversive feminist lens redefined modern gothic fiction and magical realism, most famously demonstrated in the short story collection The Bloody Chamber. English author Angela Carter, born Angela Olive Stalker and also known as Angela Olive Pearce, produced a distinct body of work spanning novels, short fiction, poetry, journalism, and drama. Her writing fuses dark humor, theatrical extravagance, and picaresque narrative style to dismantle cultural myths and critique traditional gender roles.
Before pursuing creative writing full-time, Carter worked as a journalist for the Croydon Advertiser from 1958 to 1961. She then studied English and medieval literature at the University of Bristol, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965. She published her debut novel Shadow Dance in 1966, followed by The Magic Toyshop in 1967, which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was later adapted into a 1986 film. After receiving the Somerset Maugham Award in 1969, Carter spent time living in Japan from 1969 to 1970, an experience that heavily influenced her writing. Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, she held several academic appointments, including Arts Council Fellow at the University of Sheffield from 1976 to 1978, visiting professor at Brown University from 1980 to 1981, and writer-in-residence at the University of Adelaide in 1984. She also edited the short story anthology Wayward Girls and Wicked Women, highlighting subversive stories by women writers.
Carter's fiction is celebrated for its lush, sensory prose, ornate rhetoric, and deep engagement with folklore, psychoanalysis, and feminist theory. She frequently deconstructed established fairy tales to explore themes of sexuality, power, identity, and transformation. Her short story 'The Company of Wolves' was adapted into an acclaimed 1984 film directed by Neil Jordan. Carter's literary standing expanded significantly during her lifetime and posthumously; in 2008, The Times listed her tenth among the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, and in 2012 her 1984 novel Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
