The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

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novel surrealist novel

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a surreal, feminist-inflected speculative novel by Angela Carter that blends fantasy, philosophy, and eroticism in a hallucinatory tale of reality destabilized by desire.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
surrealist novel ⓘ
author Angela Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme desire ⓘ
gender and patriarchy ⓘ
philosophy of perception ⓘ
power and control ⓘ
reality versus illusion ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ
followedBy The Passion of New Eve NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre erotic fiction ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasBeenDescribedAs surreal, feminist-inflected speculative novel ⓘ
hasISBN 9780140238423 ⓘ
influencedBy philosophical idealism ⓘ
surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement feminist literature ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
mainAntagonist Doctor Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacter Albertina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Desiderio NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doctor Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor feminist reinterpretation of erotic fantasy tropes ⓘ
radical exploration of desire and reality ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Angela Carter bibliography ⓘ
plotElement Desiderio is sent to assassinate Doctor Hoffman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doctor Hoffman uses desire machines to distort reality ⓘ
precededBy Heroes and Villains NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Desiderio NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1972 ⓘ
publisher Rupert Hart-Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting unnamed Latin American city ⓘ
war between reality and desire ⓘ
style baroque language ⓘ
hallucinatory prose ⓘ
nonlinear episodic structure ⓘ

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