Margaret Atwood: A Critical Companion (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers)
by Nathalie Cooke
from Greenwood Press
This book offers readers a concise introduction to Atwood's published novels and the central themes motivating her writing. The volume starts with an overview of the author's biography and the relationship of her writing to relevant literary traditions. Because Atwood is internationally renowned, many commentaries ignore the Canadian roots of her work. Cooke corrects this oversight by sketching the ways in which her work is shaped by, and has shaped, the Canadian literary scene. As the author of a full-length Atwood biography, Cooke is able to summarize feminist, Canadian nationalist, and postmodern influences on Atwood's work and on her development as a writer. The book offers close scrutiny of three illustrative works: Cat's Eye as the artist novel, The Handmaid's Tale as a dystopian novel, and The Blind Assassin as a villainess novel. This book extends the dialogue surrounding Atwood's work in several important ways. As a book written by a Canadian about a Canadian writer, it illustrates how readings of Atwood's work can be significantly enriched through attention to the Canadian literary and cultural context. Noting that Atwood's work not only entertains but also challenges and disturbs, it argues that all of Atwood's novels can be read as satires that expose society's double standards. By locating the beginnings of satire as far back as Atwood's first published novel, and tracing it in Atwood's later novels as the impulse behind challenges to character (in the artist novels), setting (in the dystopic fiction), and plot (in the villainess novels), this study provides a startlingly original interpretation of The Blind Assassin and new insights into the earlier novels.
Margaret Atwood: A Biography
by Nathalie Cooke
from Ecw Press
Margaret Atwood's Power: Mirrors, Reflections and Images in Select Fiction and Poetry
by Shannon Hengen
from Sumach Press
This is a unique study which examines the writing of Margaret Atwood, one of Canada's most accomplished novelists and poets. In this incisive feminist analysis, Hengen provides a psychoanalytic overview examining Atwood's treatment of women and power. An important contribution, Margaret Atwood's Power is a thought-provoking evaluation which provides new insights into Margaret Atwood's work and popularity.
The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out
by Rosemary Sullivan
from HarperCollins Publishers
Margaret Atwood: A Biography.(Review) (book review): An article from: Utopian Studies
This digital document is an article from Utopian Studies, published by Society for Utopian Studies on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 1399 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: Margaret Atwood: A Biography.(Review) (book review)
Author: Ashlie Sponenberg
Publication: Utopian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: Society for Utopian Studies
Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Page: 249
Article Type: Book Review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Margaret Atwood: A Beginner's Guide
by Pilar Cuder
from Hodder Headline
Margaret Atwood: A Biography.(Book Review): An article from: American Review of Canadian Studies
This digital document is an article from American Review of Canadian Studies, published by Association for Canadian Studies in the United States on December 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1174 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: Margaret Atwood: A Biography.(Book Review)
Author: Janice Fiamengo
Publication: American Review of Canadian Studies (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 1999
Publisher: Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Page: 669(3)
Article Type: Book Review
Distributed by Thomson Gale
World Authors Series - Margaret Atwood (World Authors Series)
by Stein
from Twayne Publishers
Award-winning Canadian poet, novelist, and critic, author of The Handmaid's Tale (1985), known for her Canadian nationalism and feminism.
Margaret Atwood (Modern Novelists)
by Coral Ann Howells
from Palgrave Macmillan
+++
