'Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces'. Drafts of the following stories: 1. 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter'. Two typewritten drafts, heavily annotated, and two fair copies, the first dated Tokyo May-July 1970. One draft is incomplete. 2. 'The Loves of Lady Purple'. Typewritten fair copy, with...
Angela Carter Papers: 'The Tortoise and the Angel' 1-2
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'The Tortoise and the Angel: The Journals of Ethel Schwabacher' edited by Judith Emlyn Johnson and Brenda S. Webster. Typewritten / word-processed fair copy.
Book reviews, chiefly for New Society, The Guardian and The London Review of Books, subsequently republished in Shaking a Leg. Printed and typewritten, photocopies and press cuttings.
Book reviews for Nonsuch, The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The New York Times and The Washington Post, etc., apparently not republished in the above collections. Followed by lists of reviews. Printed and typewritten, photocopies, and press cuttings.
Material relating to Japan. Drafts and fair copies of articles and stories, typewritten, and autograph, some annotated. Including an article 'A Day in the Posthumous Life of Japan', March 1974, 'Tokyo Diary' and other dated articles.
Postcards to Angela Carter from: Tom D at Chatto & Windus; Aly Staines and Heike Schwarzbauer; Pamela Barlow; Hugh and Jona; Heiny; Nuruddin [Farah]; Bob and Pili; E; Soa; Howard; Simon W; Kate; Marina [Warner]; Alex; Harriett; Cecil; Bill and Ursula; Edward; Nobuko and John; Naine and ?Giru...
1. Chapter 4. One complete typewritten draft, heavily annotated. With seven random pages, corrected 2. Chapter 5. Three typewritten drafts, heavily annotated. Two incomplete.