Shadow Dance (novel)

First edition

Shadow Dance was Angela Carter's first novel,^[1] published in England by Heinemann in 1966. It was published under the name Honeybuzzard in the United States.^[2] Upon publication it was acclaimed by Anthony Burgess, who wrote that he "read this book with admiration, horror and other relevant emotions... Angela Carter has remarkable descriptive gifts, a powerful imagination, and... a capacity for looking at the mess of contemporary life without flinching."

Carter's novels Shadow Dance, Several Perceptions (1968) and Love (1971) are sometimes referred to as the "Bristol Trilogy".^[3]

References

1. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/angela-carter/shadow-dance.htm
2. ↑ http://www.themodernword.com/scriptorium/carter.html
3. ↑ Cavallaro, Dani (2011). Angela Carter: A Critical Investigation. Jefferson NC: McFarland. pp. 42–43. ISBN 978-0-7864-6128-8.