{"product_id":"angela-carter-s-critique-of-her-contemporary-world-politics-history-and-mortality-9783631830376","title":"Angela Carter’s Critique of Her Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter I.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Silent Response to the \"Insane World\": The Portrayal of the Sixties in \u003ci\u003eShadow Dance,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSeveral Perceptions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter II. \u003c\/b\u003eNatural\/Violent Death in the Twentieth Century: \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Toyshop \u003c\/i\u003eas a Modern FairyTale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter III \u003c\/b\u003eRousseau in a Post-Apocalyptic Context: The World after Atomic War in \u003ci\u003eHeroes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Villains\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter IV. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Imaginary Arms Race and the Cultural Wreckage: Intertextuality in \u003ci\u003eThe Infernal Desire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMachines of Doctor Hoffman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter V. \u003c\/b\u003eHollywood, Femininity, and the Cold War: The Representation of Cultural Re-Education in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePassion of New Eve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter VI. \u003c\/b\u003eCarter, Thatcherism, and International Politics after Détente: The Representations of \"Empires\" in \u003ci\u003eNights at the Circus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWise Children\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51044502077783,"sku":"9783631830376","price":50.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783631830376.jpg?v=1750961827","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/angela-carter-s-critique-of-her-contemporary-world-politics-history-and-mortality-9783631830376","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}