Angela Carter born May 7th 1940, died February 16th 1992 Carter died after a battle with lung cancer, and there is no greater account of her life than that portrayed by Susannah Clapp in her book A Card From Angela Carter, 2012.
Within this account of Clapp’s encounters with Carter, she reminisces about times they shared and pays great respect to a friend she had lost. Clapp tells us that ‘Downstairs was carnival: true, there was a serious kitchen, but there were also violet and marigold walls, and scarlet paint-work.’( Clapp, S, 1:2012) Not only do we learn what colours Carter painted her home, we also get an insight into their family life as she tells us that ‘Here Angela’s husband Mark Pearce dreamed up the pursuits he went on to master: pottery, archery, kite-making, gunmanship, school-teaching; here friends streamed in and out for suppers; here their son Alexander was a much-hugged child.’ (Clapp, S, 2:2012) Here Clapp tells us that Carter had a much-accomplished husband, a loving son, and friends who were regular visitors.
Not only does Clapp inform us about Carter’s family life, she also tells us about her success. Clapp says that ‘Her early death sent her reputation soaring. Her name flew high like the trapeze-artist heroine of Nights at the Circus… She became, in words from the two poles of her vocabulary, an aerialiste and a celeb.’ (Clapp, S, 2-3:2012) In essence, what I am trying to show in this short bio, is how much of a well-respected and intelligent woman Angela Carter was.
Within this account of Clapp’s encounters with Carter, she reminisces about times they shared and pays great respect to a friend she had lost. Clapp tells us that ‘Downstairs was carnival: true, there was a serious kitchen, but there were also violet and marigold walls, and scarlet paint-work.’( Clapp, S, 1:2012) Not only do we learn what colours Carter painted her home, we also get an insight into their family life as she tells us that ‘Here Angela’s husband Mark Pearce dreamed up the pursuits he went on to master: pottery, archery, kite-making, gunmanship, school-teaching; here friends streamed in and out for suppers; here their son Alexander was a much-hugged child.’ (Clapp, S, 2:2012) Here Clapp tells us that Carter had a much-accomplished husband, a loving son, and friends who were regular visitors.
Not only does Clapp inform us about Carter’s family life, she also tells us about her success. Clapp says that ‘Her early death sent her reputation soaring. Her name flew high like the trapeze-artist heroine of Nights at the Circus… She became, in words from the two poles of her vocabulary, an aerialiste and a celeb.’ (Clapp, S, 2-3:2012) In essence, what I am trying to show in this short bio, is how much of a well-respected and intelligent woman Angela Carter was.