Burning your boats: the collected short stories
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New York : Penguin Books, 1997., New York : Penguin Books, 1997.
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Book
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xiv, 462 pages ; 21 cm.
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12-up.
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From reflections on jazz and Japan through vigorous refashionings of classic fairy tales to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, "Burning Your Boats" charts the evolution of Angela Carter's marvelous magic vision in a volume that assembles her considerable legacy of short fiction, including early and previously unpublished stories.
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English
ISBN:
9780140255287 (pbk.)
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Originally published: Great Britain : Chatto & Windus, 1995.
Description
From reflections on jazz and Japan through vigorous refashionings of classic fairy tales to stunning snapshots of modern life in all its tawdry glory, "Burning Your Boats" charts the evolution of Angela Carter's marvelous magic vision in a volume that assembles her considerable legacy of short fiction, including early and previously unpublished stories.
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12-up.
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Carter, A. (1997). Burning your boats: the collected short stories. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Carter, Angela, 1940-1992. 1997. Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories. New York, Penguin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Carter, Angela, 1940-1992, Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories. New York, Penguin Books, 1997.
MLA Citation (style guide)Carter, Angela. Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories. New York, Penguin Books, 1997.
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Early work, 1962-6. --|t The man who loved a double bass --|t A very, very great lady and her son at home --|t A Victorian fable (with glossary) --|t Fireworks : nine profane pieces, 1974. --tA souvenir of Japan --|t The executioner's beautiful daughter --|t The loves of Lady Purple --|t The smile of winter --|t Penetrating to the heart of the forest --|t Flesh and the mirror --|t Master --|t Reflections --|t Elegy for a freelance --|t The bloody chamber and other stories, 1979. --|t The bloody chamber --|t The courtship of Mr Lyon --|t The tiger's bride --|t Puss-in-boots --|t The Erl-King --|t The snow child --|t The lady of the house of love --|t The werewolf --|t The company of wolves --|t Wolf-Alice --|t Black Venus, 1985. --|t Black Venus --|t The kiss --|t Our lady of the massacre --|t The cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe --|t Overture and incidental music for A midsummer night's dream --|t Peter and the wolf --|t The kitchen child --|t The Fall River axe murders --|t American ghosts and old world wonders, 1993. --|t Lizzie's tiger --|t John Ford's 'Tis pity she's a whore --|t Gun for the devil --|t The merchant of shadows --|t The ghost ships --|t In Pantoland --|t Ashputtle or The mother's ghost --|t Alice in Prague or The curious room --|t Impressions : The Wrightsman Magdalene --|t Uncollected stories, 1970-81. --|t The scarlet house --|t The snow pavilion --|t The quilt maker. |
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