Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus: A Routledge Study Guide

by Helen Stoddart

A highly original and influential work of modern British literature, Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus combines a fantastically creative plot with a strong political undertone. The result is an emotive and provocative novel, which has attracted much critical attention from a range of perspectives including poststructuralism, gender studies, postmodernism and psychoanalysis. This guide to Angela Carter’s complex novel, Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Nights at the Circus and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Carter’s text.

Genres: Nonfiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Mentai · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up in an opp shop. Although the field has certainly evolved since the mid90s I enjoyed the histórical aspects of this circus book.
But this publication doesn't engage with many major debates, even for the time. For example, in gender studies, queer studies and emerging performance studies.

[Hattie · Rating 3 out of 5]

some really interesting essays... some parts repetitive or obvious, but a good aid to revision.

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

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