American Ghosts and Old World Wonders
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American Ghosts and Old World Wonders is a posthumously published anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter
. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1993 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. and contains a collection of nine stories, one half of which deal with American folklore and the other with older myths and fairytales. It is introduced by Susannah Clapp.
The book is divided into two parts, the first (concerned with America
) consists of "Lizzie's Tiger", "John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore", "Gun for the Devil" and "The Merchant of Shadows".
Part two (concerned with Europe
: the "Old World
") contains "The Ghost Ships", "In Pantoland", "Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost", "Alice in Prague or The Curious Room" and "Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in the volume Burning Your Boats
, which features all of Carter's short fiction.
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...
. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1993 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. and contains a collection of nine stories, one half of which deal with American folklore and the other with older myths and fairytales. It is introduced by Susannah Clapp.
The book is divided into two parts, the first (concerned with America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) consists of "Lizzie's Tiger", "John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore", "Gun for the Devil" and "The Merchant of Shadows".
Part two (concerned with Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
: the "Old World
Old World
The Old World consists of those parts of the world known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages. It is used in the context of, and contrast with, the "New World" ....
") contains "The Ghost Ships", "In Pantoland", "Ashputtle or The Mother's Ghost", "Alice in Prague or The Curious Room" and "Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in the volume Burning Your Boats
Burning Your Boats
Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories is a posthumously-published collection of Angela Carter's short stories. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces , The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories , Black Venus and American...
, which features all of Carter's short fiction.