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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Carter, Angela
Angela Carter (b. May 8, 1940 – d. February 16, 1992)
was an English fantasy novelist and journalist, known for her
post-feminist magical realist, horror and science fiction works.
Born Angela Olive Stalker in Eastbourne, in 1940,
Carter was evacuated as a child to live in Yorkshire with her
maternal grandmother. She at first worked as a journalist, then
attended the University of Bristol where she studied English Literature.
She was also fascinated by the oral story telling tradition, rewrote several
fairy tales for her short story collection The Bloody Chamber,
including Little Red Riding Hood. She edited three anthologies of
fairy tales.
She spent much of the late 1970s and 1980s as a 'writer in residence' at universities,
including the University of Sheffield, Brown University, the University of
Adelaide and the University of East Anglia.
Two of her best known fictions have been adapted for film,
The Company of Wolves (1984) and The Magic Toyshop (1987).
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