English Literature A-Level
Metamorphosis and the Abhuman
What Metamorphosis and the Abhuman means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Carter's use of transformation, linking her stories to similar Gothic transformations in a comparative text and unsettling the human and animal boundary.
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