Panopticism in 'Nights at the Circus.' (Angela Carter): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction

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From the supplier: The panopticon in which Countess P. Carter houses female prisoners who have killed their husbands becomes a dominant symbol of female oppression in Angela Carter's 'Nights at the Circus.' The role of the novel's protagonist Fevvers is to destroy this and other such institutions which house the socially marginalized. Her success in dismantling the whorehouse, the circus and the freak show indicates the possibility of women defying social restrictions.

Citation Details
Title: Panopticism in 'Nights at the Circus.' (Angela Carter)
Author: Joanne M. Gass
Publication:The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n3 Page: p71(6)

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