''American Ghosts and Old World Wonders'' is a
posthumously published anthology of
short fiction
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
by
Angela Carter
Angela Olive Pearce (formerly Carter, Stalker; 7 May 1940 – 16 February 1992), who published under the name Angela Carter, was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picar ...
. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 1993 by Chatto & Windus Ltd. and contains a collection of nine stories, one half of which deal with American folklore and the other with older myths and fairytales. It is introduced by
Susannah Clapp.
The book is divided into two parts, the first (concerned with
America) consists of "Lizzie's Tiger", "John Ford's Tis Pity She's a Whore''", "Gun for the Devil" and "The Merchant of Shadows".
Part two (concerned with
Europe
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: the "
Old World") contains "The Ghost Ships", "In Pantoland", "Ashputtle ''or'' The Mother's Ghost", "Alice in Prague ''or'' The Curious Room" and "Impressions: The Wrightsman Magdalene".
The anthology's contents are also reprinted in the volume ''
Burning Your Boats'', which features all of Carter's short fiction.
Short story collections by Angela Carter
Books published posthumously
1993 short story collections
Chatto & Windus books
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