CWWN Conference - Angela Carter: A Critical Exploration

Angela Carter: A Critical Exploration

UKNMFS in Association with the University of Northampton
June 5th – 7th 2009

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Sarah Gamble, Dr. Rebecca Munford and Prof. Anja Muller-Wood.

Angela Carter ranks as one of the most studied and significant British authors of the late-twentieth century. Regarded as an emblem of the ‘postmodern’ but with an oeuvre marked by far greater depth and complexity, her work remains an outstanding testament to her artistic achievements. Notable for their intricate fusing of symbolism and parody with a deliberate mixing of generic forms, Carter’s works stand in juxtaposition with the concerns of post-war British Fiction.

This conference seeks papers on any aspects of Carter’s life and work.

Submissions are welcomed from research students and established academics.

Topics may include but are by no means limited to:

Angela Carter, Myths and Fairy Tales

Angela Carter and The Sadeian Woman

Angela Carter and the Gothic
 
Angela Carter and friends: influences and the influenced

Angela Carter and the absent mother figure

Angela Carter and Empire

Angela Carter and Hollywood

Angela Carter and gender, sexuality and identity

We will be pursuing various publishing outputs related to the conference.

Send abstracts (no more than 250 words) for proposed 20 minute papers by 
31st January 2009 to Martyn.Colebrook@english.hull.ac.uk.

Please mark the 
subject of your email "Angela Carter: A Critical Exploration abstract". Alternatively, you 
can post your abstracts to

Martyn Colebrook, Department of English, University 
of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, East Yorkshire, England HU6 7RX.

Proposals for 
comprised panels of three speakers are also welcome.