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The Cambridge companion to Margaret Atwood / edited by Coral Ann Howells.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.3.A8 Z565 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939---Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Atwood, Margaret.
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-.
- Women and literature--Canada--History--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Women and literature.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 200 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- This Companion, with essays by twelve leading international Atwood critics, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of Atwood's novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Chapters cover biographical, textual, and contextual issues, emphasizing Atwood's Canadianness and her international appeal as an imaginative writer. The Introduction contains an analysis of dominant trends in Atwood criticism since the 1970s, and the essays consider Atwood's themes, language, humor, and narrative techniques.
- Contents:
- Margaret Atwood in her Canadian context / David Staines
- Biography/autobiography / Lorraine York
- Power politics : power and identity / Pilar Somacarrera
- Margaret Atwood's female bodies / Madeleine Davies
- Margaret Atwood and environmentalism / Shannon Hengen
- Margaret Atwood and history / Coomi S. Vevaina
- Home and nation in Margaret Atwood's later fiction / Eleanora Rao
- Margaret Atwood's humor / Marta Dvorak
- Margaret Atwood's poetry and poetics / Branko Gorjup
- Margaret Atwood's short stories and shorter fictions / Reingard M. Nischik
- Margaret Atwood's dystopian visions : The handmaid's tale and Oryx and Crake / Coral Ann Howells
- Blindness and survival in Margaret Atwood's major novels / Sharon R. Wilson.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521839661
- 0521548519
- OCLC:
- 61362106
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521839662
- 9780521548519
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