Angela Carter and Decadence
Critical Fictions/Fictional Critiques
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | M. Tonkin | ISBN: | 9780230393493 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | February 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | M. Tonkin |
| ISBN: | 9780230393493 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | February 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
By reading key Carter texts alongside their Decadent intertexts, Tonkin interrogates the claim that Carter was in thrall to a fetishistic aesthetic antithetical to her feminism. Through historical contextualization of the woman-as-doll, muse and femme fatale, Tonkin tests Carter's own description of her fiction as a form of literary criticism.
By reading key Carter texts alongside their Decadent intertexts, Tonkin interrogates the claim that Carter was in thrall to a fetishistic aesthetic antithetical to her feminism. Through historical contextualization of the woman-as-doll, muse and femme fatale, Tonkin tests Carter's own description of her fiction as a form of literary criticism.
