American Ghosts and Old World Wonders

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American Ghosts and Old World Wonders is a posthumously published anthology of short fiction by Angela Carter. 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: 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.

v • d • e Works by Angela Carter Novels: Shadow Dance • The Magic Toyshop • Several Perceptions • Heroes and Villains • Love • The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman • The Passion of New Eve • Nights at the Circus • Wise Children Short Fiction: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces • The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories • Black Venus • American Ghosts and Old World Wonders • Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories Poetry: Five Quiet Shouters • Unicorn Dramatic Works: Come Unto These Golden Sands: Four Radio Plays • The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera • The Holy Family Album Children's Books: The Donkey Prince • Miss Z, the Dark Young Lady • Comic and Curious Cats • The Music People • Moonshadow • Sea-Cat and Dragon King Non-Fiction: The Sadeian Woman and the Ideology of Pornography • Nothing Sacred: Selected Writings • Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings • Shaking a Leg: Collected Journalism and Writing Works as Editor: Wayward Girls and Wicked Women: An Anthology of Subversive Stories • The Virago Book of Fairy Tales • The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales • Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales Works as Translator: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault • Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales Film Adaptations: The Company of Wolves • The Magic Toyshop