by Angela Carter · Chatto & Windus · tapa dura · ISBN 9780701139995
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«Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings» is the collection of essays and reviews by Angela Carter, published by Chatto & Windus in hardcover (256 pages).
The work brings together essays and reviews that Angela Carter wrote over more than a decade. It addresses narrative, from the Brothers Grimm to William Burroughs; food writing; British and American literature; and sexuality, from Josephine Baker to the corset. It includes readings of James Joyce and Christina Stead.
The selection of texts was made by Angela Carter herself; the volume is a 1992 British edition and includes an index and bibliographic references.
Recommended for readers interested in literary criticism, feminist essays, and British and American culture.
Angela Olive Pearce, who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realist, and picaresque works. She is mainly known for her book The Bloody Chamber (1979). In 1984, her short story "The Company of Wolves" was adapted into a film of the same name. In 2008, The Times ranked Carter tenth in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". In 2012, Nights at the Circus was selected as the best ever winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
