{"product_id":"the-invention-of-angela-carter-a-biography-hardcover","title":"The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdmund Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely acknowledged as one of the most important English writers of the last century, Angela Carter's work stands out for its bawdiness and linguistic zest, its hospitality to the fantastical and the absurd, and its extraordinary inventiveness and range. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer life was as vigorously modern and unconventional as anything in her fiction. This is the story of how Angela Carter invented herself - as a new kind of woman and a new kind of writer - and how she came to write such seductive and distinctive masterworks as \u003cem\u003eThe Bloody Chamber, Nights at the Circus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWise Children\u003c\/em\u003e. Because its subject so powerfully embodied the spirit of the times, the book also provides a fresh perspective on Britain's social and cultural history in the second half of the twentieth century. It examines such topics as the 1960s counterculture, the social and imaginative conditions of the nuclear age, and the advent of second wave feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Edmund Gordon has followed in Angela Carter's footsteps - travelling to the places she lived in Britain, Japan, and the USA - to uncover a life rich in adventure and incident. With unrestricted access to her manuscripts, letters, and journals, and informed by interviews with Carter's friends and family, Gordon offers an unrivalled portrait of one of the twentieth century's most dazzlingly original writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis sharply written narrative will be the definitive biography for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e studied philosophy at Trinity College Dublin and English literature at University College London, and since 2011 has been a lecturer in English at King's College London. A regular contributor to the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, he has also written for a variety of other publications in Britain and the US, including \u003cem\u003eBookforum\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753891889440,"sku":"9780190626846","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/62eef191dd629abef699e2ad8ab4bb0b.webp?v=1780029007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-invention-of-angela-carter-a-biography-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}