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Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Not the heroines from Angela Carter’s 1979 short story collection The Bloody Chamber. The British author tackles dark, primal themes in her spin on classic fables and fairy tales, urging women to eschew victimhood, reclaim their power and bite back! Join us as we dive into this enchanted world of blood, sex and animal magnetism, and find out how Carter’s own life experiences may have prompted her to peel back the skin on tropes of subjugation. 

Mentioned in this episode:

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon

Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No. 216 on Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Lost Ladies of Lit Episode No.150 on Elizabeth Smart

The Company of Wolves trailer

The Box of Delights by John Masefield

“The Box of Delights” radio program

“The Fall River Axe Murders” (or “Mise-en-Scène For a Parricide”) by Angela Carter

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Teresa Borrenpohl incident

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter

Wise Children by Angela Carter

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