Angela Carter's writings have been a source of pleasure, puzzlement, and controversy ever since she started publishing in the 1960s. Until her death in 1992, she was one of Britain's most exciting contemporary authors, particularly with her fantastical fictions and her feminist political essays on sex, gender, and class. This collection of literary critical studies provides a selection from the many different responses her works have evoked over the past twenty years. Together they explore most of Carter's major writings and demonstrates a variety of feminist theoretical approaches. New Casebooks brings together the best contemporary criticism and new critical thinking, illuminating the rich interchange between modern critical theory and practice that characterizes the current discussion of literature. New Casebooks complement the original Casebook series, which offers criticism inspired by the text throughout history.