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GOTHIC PATRIARCHY: BODY AS THE SYMBOL; THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NIGHTS AT THE CIRCUS AND THE MAGIC TOYSHOP OF ANGELA CARTER
MS.KUSUM KANGAR DR JP AGGARWAL
Abstract:
Angela Carter (1940 –1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works. With the publication of her first novels in the late 1960’s, Carter received wide recognition and praise in Great Britain for blending gothic and surreal elements with vivid portrayals of urban sufferers and survivors. Critics have praised her wit, creativity, eccentric characters, descriptive wealth, and strongly sustained narrative while sometimes questioning her depth of purpose and suggesting a degree of affectation. Her imaginative transformation of folkloric elements and examination of their mythic impact on sexual relationships began to be fully appreciated