POSTMODERN WRITERS
POSTMODERN WRITERS 1. ANGELA OLIVE CARTER-PEARCE [1940-1992] · Prolific writer of fiction. · Published under the pen name Angela Carter. · English novelist, short story writer and journalist. · Known for her feminist, magical realism and Picaresque works . · Best known for her book, The Bloody Chamber – published in 1979 · Died of developing lung cancer. WORKS Novels · Shadow Dance (1966) - also known as Honeybuzzard – her first novel · Several Perceptions (1968) – The title is from David Hume, ‘ The mind is a kind of theatre, where several perceptions make this appearance..’ · Love (1971) – 5 th Novel – it follows the destructive love triangle between a psychologically unstable girl, her charming husband, and her volatile brother-in-law. · Her novels Shadow Dance , Several Perceptions and Love are sometimes referred to as the “ Bristol Trilogy”
