Tag Archives: Angela Carter

CFPs: Angela Carter, Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald, Contemporary Gothic

Posted on 3rd March 2018 by William the Bloody

Some more calls for papers and articles here: Ludics & Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic: Angela Carter at Play ‘Salman Rushdie famously called Carter a “one-off.” In this international collection of essays, we will consider that ludics and laughter contribute to … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter’s The Tiger’s Bride – Oxford Playhouse, 11-16 September 2017

Posted on 15th August 2017 by William the Bloody

Marvellous Machine will be performing their stage adaptation of Angela Carter’s ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ at the Oxford Playhouse, 11-16 September 2017. ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ is one of Carter’s marvellous transformations of the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tale in her famous … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter Interview with Marie Mulvey-Roberts

Posted on 2nd May 2017 by William the Bloody

Here’s an account of a fascinating radio interview on Angela Carter with Dr Marie Mulvey-Roberts, Associate Professor of English literature at UWE, with a link to the interview.

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Fairy Tale Films and Gothic Forests at the Barbican, 3-25 May 2017

Posted on 26th April 2017 by William the Bloody

A season of films on fairy tale and Gothic forests, Into the Woods at the Barbican (including Neil Jordan’s adaptation of Angela Carter’s tales, The Company of Wolves, which inspired OGOM’s 2015 conference). Join us as we venture in to the … Continue reading →

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More Beauty and the Beast

Posted on 26th March 2017 by William the Bloody

More useful links on ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (see previous posts by Sam and I). First, a short piece by Constance Grady on some of the many various adaptations of the tales, covering Robin McKinley’s Beauty and Rose Daughter, Angela … Continue reading →

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Beauty and the Beast: more thoughts

Posted on 18th March 2017 by William the Bloody

Further to Sam’s post below, I’m writing a paper on YA adaptations of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for the Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings at Queen’s University, Belfast (7-8 April), so the tale is very much on … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter — Resources

Posted on 25th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Still commemorating Angela Carter, twenty-five years after her death, here are some more useful links: Here’s a great article by John Dugdale on Carter’s legacy, including her influence in music: ‘Angela’s influence: what we owe to Carter‘ (though some connections … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter news

Posted on 6th February 2017 by William the Bloody

There seems to be something cropping up every day about the fabulous Angela Carter! Here are links to four Carter-related items that I’ve come across: This exhibition, The Bloody Chamber, at the Koppel Project in London from 8 Feb to … Continue reading →

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Call for chapters: Pyrotechnics: The Incandescent Imagination of Angela Carter

Posted on 5th February 2017 by William the Bloody

Angela Carter is no stranger to these pages–she is crucial in giving literature of the fantastic/Gothic its subversive edge and in the transformation of genres that fuels much OGOM research. The editors of a forthcoming collection, Dr Charlotte Crofts (Associate … Continue reading →

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The Company of Wolves: Angela Carter and Neil Jordan

Posted on 3rd December 2016 by William the Bloody

From the brilliant Angela Carter Online website (thanks to Caleb Sivyer), here’s a fascinating discussion between Angela Carter and Neil Jordan, the director of the film adaptation of Carter’s wolf narratives as The Company of Wolves.

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