Show Notes
Angela Carter’s Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. In Dame Marina Warner's magical home in North London, the historian and mythographer discusses Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose and their English translation by Angela Carter, as well as Carter’s own Bloody Chamber and Other Stories. Our wide-ranging conversation covers Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard and Little Red Riding Hood, as well as many other fairy tales.
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault by Angela Carter (Penguin Modern Classics edition) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57621/the-fairy-tales-of-charles-perrault-by-angela-carter-intro--jack-zipes/9780141189956
Dame Marina Warner https://www.marinawarner.com/
Once Upon a Time by Marina Warner https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/once-upon-a-time-9780198779858 https://apple.co/3TGDZJb
From the Beast to the Blonde by Marina Warner https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/358658/from-the-beast-to-the-blonde-by-marina-warner/9781409028635 https://apple.co/48xHQfy
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/359636/the-bloody-chamber-and-other-stories-by-angela-carter/9780099588115 https://apple.co/3H1huqG
Audible edition of The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, read by Richard Armitage and Emilia Fox https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Bloody-Chamber-Audiobook/B07B5C8MMK https://apple.co/3tMYcSO
Presenter – Henry Eliot: https://www.henryeliot.co.uk/ Producer – Andrea Rangecroft: https://www.andrearangecroft.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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