Angela Carter's Nights at the Circus

<p>A highly original and influential work of modern British literature Angela Carter’s <em>Nights at the Circus</em> combines a fantastically creative plot with a strong political undertone. The result is an emotive and provocative novel which has attracted much critical attention from a range of perspectives including poststructuralism gender studies postmodernism and psychoanalysis.</p><p>This guide to Angela Carter’s complex novel presents:</p><ul> <li>an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of <em>Nights at the Circus</em> <br>a critical history surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present </li> <li>a selection of new critical essays on the <em>Nights at the Circus</em> by Heather Johnson Jeannette Baxter Sarah Sceats and Helen Stoddart providing a variety of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section </li> <li>cross-references between sections of the guide in order to suggest links between texts contexts and criticism </li> <li>suggestions for further reading. </li> </ul><p>Part of the <em>Routledge Guides to Literature</em> series this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of <em>Nights at the Circus</em> and seeking not only a guide to the novel but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Carter’s text.</p>