Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings - Hardcover

Carter, Angela

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9780701139995: Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings

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ISBN 10: 0701139994 ISBN 13: 9780701139995

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1992

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A decade of the author's thought is represented in the form of essays and criticism. She explores a range of subjects: storytelling, from the Brothers Grimm to William Burroughs; food-writing, where her irreverent tone triggered a correspondence from enraged supporters of Elizabeth David; British writing; American writing, from the nostalgic cartoon world of Gilbert Hernandez to Louise Erdrich's vision of the everyday; sexuality, from Josephine Baker's eroticism to the history of the corset as well as more straightforward appreciations of the work of James Joyce and the neglected work of Christina Stead. Other works of non-fiction by the author include "The Sadeian Woman: An Exercise in Cultural History" and "Nothing Sacred". Her eight novels include "Wise Children".

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"She was a great writer and a great feminist, and will be read for illumination and entertainment for many years to come" (New Statesman)

"She was and is more than a breath of fresh air in contemporary letters.She is a bloody hurricane when she is in the mood" (Daily Telegraph)

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