Wise Children

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Wise Children is a 1991 novel by Angela Carter that blends magical realism, Shakespearean allusion, and bawdy humor to explore themes of legitimacy, performance, and family through the lives of twin chorus girls.

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Wise Children canonical 4
Wise Children (stage adaptation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
stage adaptation
adaptation Wise Children (stage adaptation)
linked to: Wise Children
author Angela Carter
basedOn Wise Children
centralFamilyName Hazard
containsAllusionsTo A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
King Lear
Twelfth Night
William Shakespeare
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
exploresConcept high culture and low culture divide
legitimate versus illegitimate lineage
performance of identity
featuresCharacterType twin chorus girls
genre comic novel
family saga
magical realism
isFinalNovelBy Angela Carter
language English
literaryMovement postmodernism
literaryTechnique Shakespearean allusion
intertextuality
magic realism
unreliable narration
mainCharacter Dora Chance
Nora Chance
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Dora Chance
openingLineReference Shakespeare's birthday
protagonistFamilyName Chance
publicationYear 1991
publisher Chatto & Windus
settingCountry England
settingLocation London
linked to: London, England
structure retrospective narrative
theme class
family
gender
identity
illegitimacy
legitimacy
performance
sexuality
theatre
timePeriod 20th century
tone bawdy
comic

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Angela Carter notableWork Wise Children
Nights at the Circus followedBy Wise Children
Wise Children adaptation Wise Children (stage adaptation)
linked to: Wise Children
Wise Children (stage adaptation) basedOn Wise Children
subject linked to: Wise Children
Angela Olive Stalker notableWork Wise Children