A Historical Reading of Angela Carter’s «The Scarlet House»

Angela Carter's work has been usually studied from feminist points of view and from postmodernist aspects as the rewriting of fairy tales. Without denying this fact, this paper wants to underline the importance of History in Angela Carter's work focusing on the analysis of her short story...

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Main Author:	Emilio José Álvarez Castaño
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Extremadura 2020-09-01
Series:	Anuario de Estudios Filológicos
Subjects:	angela carter the scarlet house history philosophy of history postmodernity
Online Access:	https://publicaciones.unex.es/index.php/AEF/article/view/320

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spelling	doaj-01ae40e639704ee5bb5958e4edc58e302021-09-14T11:24:20ZengUniversidad de ExtremaduraAnuario de Estudios Filológicos0210-81782660-73012020-09-0143254310.17398/2660-7301.43.25A Historical Reading of Angela Carter’s «The Scarlet House»Emilio José Álvarez Castaño0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-9676Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign LanguagesAngela Carter's work has been usually studied from feminist points of view and from postmodernist aspects as the rewriting of fairy tales. Without denying this fact, this paper wants to underline the importance of History in Angela Carter's work focusing on the analysis of her short story «The Scarlet House». Carter's ideas on History, most of them framed in postmodernity, can find a suitable place among different theories within philosophy of History, something which will allow a historical reading of this short story. This type of interpretation was admitted by Carter herself when she accepted the multiplicity of readings for the same literary work.https://publicaciones.unex.es/index.php/AEF/article/view/320angela carterthe scarlet househistoryphilosophy of historypostmodernity
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description	Angela Carter's work has been usually studied from feminist points of view and from postmodernist aspects as the rewriting of fairy tales. Without denying this fact, this paper wants to underline the importance of History in Angela Carter's work focusing on the analysis of her short story «The Scarlet House». Carter's ideas on History, most of them framed in postmodernity, can find a suitable place among different theories within philosophy of History, something which will allow a historical reading of this short story. This type of interpretation was admitted by Carter herself when she accepted the multiplicity of readings for the same literary work.
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A Historical Reading of Angela Carter’s «The Scarlet House»

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