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Angela Carter’s  Nights at the Circus

Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter’s second to last novel, is a fanciful tale of a winged English woman, an American journalist and the exceedingly bizarre circus that draws them together. Sophie Fevvers, the “Cockney Venus,” is a famous aerialiste, or … Continue reading

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Angela Carter’s The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera

Sometimes the Reaper is just too damn unfair. Angela Olive Stalker Carter died of lung cancer in 1992 at the far too young age of 52. Writer, feminist theorist, folklorist, opera buff, playwright, poet — she was these things and … Continue reading

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