Sub Rosa

It is an unenviable task.  I have just finished both reading and annotating Angela Carter's The Magic Toyshop; unfortunately, I cannot share its findings, as I will be using them in the dissertation itself (then get done for self-plagiarising).  All I can say is - Wowowowow.  Synopsis is under the cut below.

I used her version of Bluebeard for my major dissertation last year and had forgotten what a consummate writer Carter is.  Seriously.  Enough to make your hair stand on end and make you wonder if she has taken a walk through your dreams at some point.  So much symbology and plenty of intertextuality - I have had to reread some of Aesop's Fables and the Greek Myths, plus revisit some of the original Perrault/Grimms Fairy Tales.

I am following The Magic Toyshop with the following