Polly Paulusma

“Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight” is a traditional folk song and was a single from Polly’s fourth studio album Invisible Music: Folk Songs that Influenced Angela Carter (2020). Paulusma suggests that the story of Lady Isabel, among a constellation of other folk songs and tales, influenced Carter’s short story ‘The Erl King’.

“Jack Munro” is a traditional folk song and was a single from Polly’s fourth studio album Invisible Music: Folk Songs that Influenced Angela Carter (2020). Paulusma suggests that this female warrior character influenced Carter’s gun-wielding mother in the short story ‘The Bloody Chamber’.

“The Maid and the Palmer” is a traditional folk song and was a single from Polly’s fourth studio album Invisible Music: Folk Songs that Influenced Angela Carter (2020). Paulusma surmises that this song influenced Carter’s treatment of the topic of incest which recurs across her oeuvre.