more about the war/and the bloody chamber

So you may know I'm quite into Angela Carter. (fyi--"Angela Carter (7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism and science fiction works."*)

Her story collection The Bloody Chamber explores/essays/repurposes a series of fairytales in ways that are disturbing and compelling, both originary and seemingly pre-ordained--as if they had always existed somewhere inside the original--shielded, and filling up the hollows, like a Matryoshka doll hiding in her mother.

The other night looking up versions of the Erlking story for the fic I'm writing for NaNo, I ran across the collection in its entirety here. I normally /can't/ love short stories, no matter how much I adore the writer. These, though, feel satisfying and right, perhaps because their origin in fairy and folk tales makes their brevity seem natural and correct.

I haven't reread the book recently to see if I still love it, but while I was taking Latham's seminar on the gothic lit tradition during a winter break a few years ago, this book really struck me, and so you should perhaps take a look.



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more about the war/and the bloody chamber

So you may know I'm quite into Angela Carter. (fyi--"Angela Carter (7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism and science fiction works."*)

Her story collection The Bloody Chamber explores/essays/repurposes a series of fairytales in ways that are disturbing and compelling, both originary and seemingly pre-ordained--as if they had always existed somewhere inside the original--shielded, and filling up the hollows, like a Matryoshka doll hiding in her mother.

The other night looking up versions of the Erlking story for the fic I'm writing for NaNo, I ran across the collection in its entirety here. I normally /can't/ love short stories, no matter how much I adore the writer. These, though, feel satisfying and right, perhaps because their origin in fairy and folk tales makes their brevity seem natural and correct.

I haven't reread the book recently to see if I still love it, but while I was taking Latham's seminar on the gothic lit tradition during a winter break a few years ago, this book really struck me, and so you should perhaps take a look.



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