Nothing Sacred

Selected Writings

Angela Carter

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English

Virago
13 December 2016

Biography: general; Literature, Poetry & Criticism

Series: Virago Modern Classics

In the pursuit of magnificence, nothing is sacred,' says Angela Carter, and magnificence is indeed her own achievement. One of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation, her work as a journalist and critic was no less original.

Long autobiographical pieces on her life in South Yorkshire and South London are followed by highly individual inspections of 'abroad'. Some of her most brilliant writing is devoted to Japan - exotically and erotically described here - so perfectly suited to the Carter pen. Domestically, Angela Carter used her mordant wit and accurate eye to inspect England and Englishness as it manifested itself throughout the land. Then she turns to her own craft, and her extraordinarily wide-ranging book reviews are masterpieces.

By: Angela Carter
Imprint: Virago
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2348
Dimensions: Height: 169mm, Width: 199mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780860682691
ISBN 10: 0860682692
Series: Virago Modern Classics
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 13 December 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

One of Britain's most original writers, Angela Carter was highly lauded for her novels, short stories and journalism. She died in February 1992.

Reviews for Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings

Angela Carter's journalism exists somewhere in the territory marked out by Roland Barthes of MYTHOLOGIES, middle-period Orwell, and early Tom Wolfe - GUARDIAN Her imagination was one of the most dazzling this century - MARINA WARNER (in the obituary), INDEPENDENT