Hardcover. Some are just plain weird. I’m not the biggest fan of Angela Carter, having read a couple of her books back during my BA, but I do love fairy tales, so I was ready to give it a go anyway. Twitter. This book is also an antidote to the current politically correct tendency to bowdlerise fairy tales. But it was also extremely interesting and captivating. Shop Online & Pick Up Today. Buy The Virago Book Of Fairy Tales New Ed by Carter, Angela, Carter, Angela, Carter, Angela, Sargood, Corinna (ISBN: 9781853814402) from Amazon's Book Store. Every time I read one I get wistful for the day when we will have proper phylogenetic trees to give these stories context. It is a treasure, to keep in your nightstand when the sleep escapes you and you want to try to fall asleep. Sixty pages, two semesters, and one exhausted advisor later, I would finish my undergraduate thesis on Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber. But what a contribution, what a point to make when you know - as Carter did - that she had not long left: the greatest contribution to literature has always been made by the illiterate, oral storytelling will outlast everything else, and imagination trumps reality every time. Ship This Item — Qualifies for Free Shipping Buy Online, Pick up in Store Check Availability at Nearby Stores. I read this book years back, before the recent craze for fairy tales began, and remember thinking that it was true to the original form, fairy tales were never intended to be a bedtime story, unless we parents meant our children to have horrible nightmares. She began work as a journalist on the Croydon Advertiser, following in the footsteps of her father. In my second video, I review Angela Carter's Book of Fairytales. It's hard to know how to review collections like this because in my mind they are as much data as they are entertainment. Not unless you think stories where animals are coming out of old ladies virginas are appropriate. Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. The daughter was so bored with her old mother that she gave her a bowl of her own piss. Skip to content. The tales may be true to some people. But simply the existence of a intensely diverse and global collection that features solely fairy tales focused around women—whether they be wicked, naive, strong, cunning, or magical—makes each tale resonate in its own feminist context of f. Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales is simply wondrous. This is actually Volumne 1 and Volumne 2 of Carter's Virago Fairy Tales. English 1844081737. Then Terry Windling & Ellen Datlow brought out their wonderful anthologies, and Charle. This may be a collection of folk tales from around the world, documented as accurately as possible by Carter, but it still reads like a Carter book through and through. Most frequently terms . My old copies are long gone. Learn more. Angela Carter’s anthology of short stories based on fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber, was published in 1979 and caused great controversy around the topic of feminism. One of Britain''s most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. December 8, 2009 | History. Grotesque, even. Short stories really aren't my thing. The book is a collection of stories from all over the world, all of which based around a female character. With her carefully selected tales, Carter took me on a journey all over the world. Some tales are short, no more than a half or a full page, others are novella's . Turns out, it isn’t a book of fairy tales by Angela Carter (which to be fair, having read The Bloody Chamber, wouldn’t be unexpected), but edited by her. Horror? I hated the introduction I almost hadn't read it. However, Carter has stated: She wrote a fairly scholarly introduction to it, acknowledging colonial bias, etc, etc, and commenting on the content. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Last edited by ImportBot. It's such a beautiful book too—it would make an amazing present! Publication: Angela Carter's Book Of Fairy Tales You are not logged in. Some of these stories are familiar. A collection of folklore from around the world, tales of wise women, crafty witches and resourceful maidens… the woman-centric theme doesn’t intrude, just makes it a more cohesive collection than most fable anthologies. But simply the existence of a intensely diverse and global collection that features solely fairy tales focused around women—whether they be wicked, naive, strong, cunning, or magical—makes each tale resonate in its own feminist context of female power and influence. They aren’t all, naturally, feminist on an individual level. Filled with beautiful drawings, and a ribbon, for marking your page, this is a book to keep, and savour , which is why it took me ages to read it, I didn't want it to end. Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. “But one story in this book, 'How a Husband Weaned His Wife from Fairy Tales', shows just how much fairy stories could change a woman's desires, and how much a man might fear that change, would go to any lenghts to keep her from pleasure, as if pleasure itself threatened his authority. Please read our short guide how to send a book to Kindle. The old woman drank it all up, then said: 'You're a nice one, daughter. They are far from the Disney-like stories I grew up reading. You would expect a collection like this to have a certain amount of filtering or bias, and they definitely do. . Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales is simply wondrous. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around the world- from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Members save with free shipping everyday! There’s a good reason for that. Reviews. Apparently not; there must be a dozen versions of Cinderella, and a fair number of the other tales are also variants of each other. Please login to your account first; Need help? I certainly think so given that some of the fairy tales are horrifying. And no drippy princesses or soppy fairies. $31.00. I will revisit this many times. This is not the sort of fairy tale book you would pick up to read your children a bed time story. I’m… probably going t. Read this one for the Cardiff SFF Book Club. While I'm not the biggest fan of fairytales, I'll give anything Angela Carter did a go. Every time I read one I get wistful for the day when we will have proper phylogenetic trees to give these stories context. The Virago Book Of Fairy Tales by Carter, Angela and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. Illustrated throughout with original woodcuts. There seems to be alot of animal/human relationships. You may unsubscribe at any time. I’m not the biggest fan of Angela Carter, having read a couple of her books back during my BA, but I do love fairy tales, so I was ready to give it a go anyway. 0 Ratings 9 Want to read; 0 Currently reading; 0 Have read; This edition was published in 1984 by Manchester University Press in Manchester. “Swahili storytellers believe that women are incorrigibly wicked, diabolically cunning and sexually insatiable; I hope this is true, for the sake of the women.”. I find it really hard to repeatedly get invested in stories and I can't hold my focus. If I had to sum up this book in one word, it would be Bizarre. The stories share a theme of being closely based upon fairytales or folk tales. They aren’t all, naturally, feminist on an individual level. When starting this book, I thought these were fairy tales written by Angela Carter but it turns out that Angela Carter is the collector and the editor of the book. Your review has been submitted and will appear here shortly. That is probably why it has taken me 2 months to read this! Thank you. See details. Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. Carter does not try to hide or erase that, but she reminds us to read cautiously. Maybe it's because she was influenced strongly by folklore and carried its vibe into her own writing, or could it be that Carter was unable to resist selecting tales that reflected her own world - I think both. Because fairy tales have some bad habits. The cover of the book is beautiful and there are illustrations scattered around the book. This fabulous celebration of strong minds, low cunning, black arts and dirty tricks could only have been collected by the unique and much-missed Angela Carter. 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