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1、ShakingaLegCollectedWritingsbyAngelaCarterBackCover:"Anelectrifyingintellectualautobiography,withallthenarrativeexpanse,drama,outrage,andhighcomedyoftheauthor'sfiction.AngelaCarterisrevealedhere,anew,asoneorthemostimportantthinkersoftwentieth-centuryworldlit
2、erature--andoneofitsmostpungentvoices."--RickMoodyOneofcontemporaryliterature'smostoriginalandaffectingfictionwriters,AngelaCarteralsowrotebrilliantnonfiction.ShakingaLegcomprisesthebestofheressaysandcriticism,muchofitcollectedforthefirsttime.Carter'sacuteob
3、servationsarespikedwithherpiercingmatter-of-factness,herdevastatingwit,herpenchantformockery,andherpassionfortheabsurd.Whetherdiscussingfilmsorfood,feminismorfantasy,sciencefictionorsex,Carterconsistentlyexploresnewterritoriesandoverturnsoldideas.Noculturali
4、conescapesherscrutiny;asinherfiction,Carteroffersgloriousevidenceofthetransformingpoweroftheimagination.FromdelightfullywickedcommentariesonGoneWiththeWind,aJapanesefertilityfestival,andfellowwriters,includingLawrence,Lovecraft,Borges,andBurroughs,toenchanti
5、ngpersonalessays,Cartersharesherthoughtsandherselfwithglee."Whatawonderfulcollection--sharp,funny,toodecentforsarcasmbutgreatwitandhumanity,anunusualcombination.Butitmakesusmissher,misslaughingwithher,thatreal,intelligent,toughwritingwoman."--GracePaley"Ange
6、laCarterisadazzling,unflinching,mordantobserverofcontemporaryappetites,anironistandatragedianoftwentieth-centuryculturaleffects,adazzlingconjurorwithlanguageandwithsymbols,awriterwhoseoriginalityofeyeandmindneverfailstodivert,toilluminate,tochangeherreaders'
7、understandingandquickenourwits."--MarinaWarnerShakingaLegCOLLECTEDWRITINGSANGELACARTERWithanIntroductionbyJoanSmithEditedbyJennyUglowResearchAssistantCharlotteCroftsPENGUINBOOKSPublishedbythePenguinGroupPenguinPutnamInc.,375HudsonStreet,NewYork,NewYork10014,
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