Publisher's reader comments on the whole work and the Polemical Preface, with a photocopy of the original, heavily annotated typescript of the Preface.
Typewritten fair copy, a carbon copy of the following with some but not all of the same light annotations; dated September 19, 1976. With separate sets of proof corrections for selected pages, and editorial suggestions and spelling changes for an American edition. Some of these have been added to...
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'Alice in Prague or The Curious Room'. First published in Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature, vol. 5, 1990. 'Scheduled for Village Voice Literary Supplement NY Feb. 1992'. 1. Notes, mostly autograph; n.d. 2 Typewritten and autograph draft, heavily annotated, with introduction; n.d...
'Vampirella'. Radio play. 1. Rough notes and drafts, autograph and typewritten, heavily annotated; n.d. Including a cast list. 2. Typewritten draft, heavily annotated with whole passages in autograph; n.d. With title 'The Vampire Tango'. 3. '2nd draft ' (pages 32-36 only), typewritten, heavi...
'Puss in Boots'. Radio play. 1. Typewritten fair copy, unannotated; n.d. 2. Production script, three typewritten copies; broadcast on Radio 4, 20 December 1982.
Postcards to Angela Carter from: Jim Ballard [J G Ballard]; Fleur; Sue Aspinall; Chris ?Hunt; Simon; Carmen [Callil]; N and C; Miriam Gross; Ron, Ki and Dy; MayaVision; Alex; Lucinda Montefiore; Jacqueline; Rebecca and Matthew; Bob, Jean and Katharine; Pyon Jin Il; A; Roland L; Deborah; Lisa [Ap...
1. 'The Making of a Piece of Fiction', introduction to and notes for a project with students conducted by Angela Carter as Fellow in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield; 1976-1977. The main characters in the piece are George and Nimbus. Typewritten and photocopies, lightly annotated....
'The Wizard of Oz', by Salman Rushdie. Word-processed fair copy, lightly amended by author, with his autograph dedication to Angela Carter; signed and dated at end 12 November 1991.
1. Contents list, Introduction, introductions to Jane Eyre and Duckfeet, and other papers relating to the publication of the collection Expletives Deleted; 1992. Some of the articles reprinted in Shaking a Leg were first collected here. 2. Articles for other publications and lectures, not incl...