I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

The paper aims at discussing the two overarching topics of Carter’s short story collection: love and death. The primary focus is on the language and the imagery in the texts, and the metaphors and symbols employed. Special attention will be given to the images of food and eating habits as they are c...

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Main Author: Oana URSULESCU
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad 2011-01-01
Series:Studii de Stiinta si Cultura
Subjects:
love
death
blood
virginity
fairy-tale
Online Access:http://www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/images/stories/24/13_Ursulescu.pdf
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I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
Studii de Stiinta si Cultura
love
death
blood
virginity
fairy-tale
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title I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
title_short I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
title_full I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
title_fullStr I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
title_full_unstemmed I Love You so Much I Have to Kill You:Eros and Thanatos in Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
title_sort i love you so much i have to kill you:eros and thanatos in angela carter's the bloody chamber and other stories
publisher Vasile Goldis Western University, Arad
series Studii de Stiinta si Cultura
issn 1841-1401
2067-5135
publishDate 2011-01-01
description The paper aims at discussing the two overarching topics of Carter’s short story collection: love and death. The primary focus is on the language and the imagery in the texts, and the metaphors and symbols employed. Special attention will be given to the images of food and eating habits as they are contrasted with or mirror the images of the body and the sexual act, the carnal aspect of both the characters and the situations being emphasized. In connection to this, something will be said about how the author uses recurrent symbols such as smells, colors and flowers.
topic love
death
blood
virginity
fairy-tale
url http://www.revista-studii-uvvg.ro/images/stories/24/13_Ursulescu.pdf
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