Angela Carter and Western Philosophy - 9781137595140

This book unearths CarterÆs deconstruction of the male-dominated discipline of Western thought. Revealing the extensive philosophical research that underpins CarterÆs intertextual work, this book offers new readings of her fiction in relation to a range of philosophical texts and ideas. By re-examining CarterÆs writing with reference to the archived collection of her notes that has recently become available at the British Library, Angela Carter and Western Philosophy puts forward new interpretations of CarterÆs writing practices. With chapters examining her allusions to Plato, Hobbes and Rousseau, Descartes, Locke and Hume, Wittgenstein and Ryle, as well as Kant and Sade, this book illuminates CarterÆs engagement with different areas of Western thought, and discusses how this shapes her portrayal of reality, identity, civilisation, and morality. Angela Carter and Western Philosophy will be of interest to researchers, lecturers, and students working on contemporary womenÆs writing, philosophy and literature, and intertextual literary practices.

• | Author: Heidi Yeandle
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Dec 20, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 1137595140
• | ISBN-13: 9781137595140