Angela Carter and Surrealism: 'A Feminist Libertarian Aesthetic' Contributor(s): Watz, Anna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367140284 ISBN-13: 9780367140281 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
Dewey: 823.914 |
Series: Studies in Surrealism |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 202 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In 1972, Angela Carter translated Xavi re Gauthier's ground-breaking feminist critique of the surrealist movement, Surr alisme et sexualit (1971). Although the translation was never published, the project at once confirmed and consolidated Carter's previous interest in surrealism, representation, gender and desire and aided her formulation of a new surrealist-feminist aesthetic. Carter's sustained engagement with surrealist aesthetics and politics as well as surrealist scholarship aptly demonstrates what is at stake for feminism at the intersection of avant-garde aesthetics and the representation of women and female desire. Drawing on previously unexplored archival material, such as typescripts, journals, and letters, Anna Watz's study is the first to trace the full extent to which Carter's writing was influenced by the surrealist movement and its critical heritage. Watz's book is an important contribution to scholarship on Angela Carter as well as to contemporary feminist debates on surrealism, and will appeal to scholars across the fields of contemporary British fiction, feminism, and literary and visual surrealism. |