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From the Margins to the Text: Monsters and Laughter in Angela Carter's Writing

Sarah Gamble

Ludics and Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic: Angela Carter at Play, Pages: 56 - 75

Swansea University Author: Sarah Gamble

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This essay examines Carter's use of humour in her writing, and arguing that it treads a fine line between generosity and victimisation (what the essay designates 'laughing at' and 'laughing with'. In this context, the most amusing characters are also often the most monstrous...

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Published in: Ludics and Laughter as Feminist Aesthetic: Angela Carter at Play
ISBN: 978-1-78976-005-7
Published: Sussex Academic Press 2021
Online Access: http://www.sussex-academic.com/sa/titles/literary_criticism/gustar.htm
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