The Pleasure of the Feminist Text: Reading Michèle Roberts and Ansela Carter

Michèle Roberts acknowledges Carter as an important pioneer and role model for her own work and points out that Carter's provocative and brilliant novels proved her not to fit the stereotype of the lady writer. Since Carter didn't hide her sex, her gender, but used it as a springboard for...

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Published in:Genus : gender in modern culture 2008-01, Vol.11, p.III
Main Author: Gruss, Susanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carter, Ansela
Femininity
Feminism
Folklore
Literary criticism
Novels
Roberts, Michele
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Summary:Michèle Roberts acknowledges Carter as an important pioneer and role model for her own work and points out that Carter's provocative and brilliant novels proved her not to fit the stereotype of the lady writer. Since Carter didn't hide her sex, her gender, but used it as a springboard for her writing, I think she was seen as a kind of literary monster.
ISSN:1568-1602