'The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories' Critical Quotes

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A-Level English literature Flashcards on 'The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories' Critical Quotes, created by Ellie Hope on 21/06/2017.
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‘Her adaptations of traditional fairy tales sought to subvert the patriarchal leanings of the stories’ Anon
'Strong bond between mother and daughter' Ellen Conran Rose
‘Hers is not an easy feminism’ Elaine Jordan
‘This long story subtly links the fairy tale, Gothic literature, and pornographic literature’ Rebecca Laroche
‘her Marquis belongs to a latter-day generation of Bluebeard’s progeny’ Rebecca Laroche
‘A true Gothic heroine, like Carter’s, goes where she should not’ Rebecca Laroche
‘Passivity is never a virtue, in fact, even - especially not- in women’ Helen Simpson
‘Some of their most beautiful passages are about metamorphosis’ Helen Simpson
‘The imminence of death pervades her work’ Rosemary Hill
‘Her main concern is to subvert the conventional ideologies and replace them with feminist ones’ Su Na Choi
‘Carter challenges patriarchal society with a devilish passion and dexterity’ Anon
'Otherness takes center stage’ Fred Botting
‘It is the women who become active and saviours, not the men’ Merja Makinen
‘The heroines of these stories are struggling out of the straightjacket of history and ideology’ Helen Simpson
‘The animal aspects of human nature are her particular concern’ Duncker
‘Carter's work has consistently dealt with representations of the physical abuse of women.’ Merja Makinen
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