The Bloody Chamber - Context
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- The Bloody Chamber - Context
- Angela Carter
- Born in England during WW2
- Evacuated to Yorkshire where she stayed with her maternal grandmother
- She struggled with anorexia during her childhood years
- After high school she began working as a journalist
- Born 7th May 1940 in Eastbourne and died 16th February 1992
- Her father was a journalist
- She was a feminist
- She has been described as a moral pronographer
- "We must learn to cope with the world before we can interpret it."
- Inspired by the works of ******
- Had an interest in social change and individual empowrment
- Born in England during WW2
- Collection
- Told from the1st person perspective of an unnamed heroine in most stories.
- Collection
- The idea of fingernails across a birdcage came from Carter running a pencil along the top of a radiator
- The stories explore class, politics, social conventions and morality.
- She explores the issues of class and power in different societies.
- She emphasises female sexuality and independence
- Angela Carter
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