Margaret Atwood / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's modern critical views

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atwood, Margaret, 1939---Criticism and interpretation.

Atwood, Margaret.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939-.

Women and literature--Canada--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Canada.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 204 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2009]

Summary:

The Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood is among the most acclaimed writers working today. Atwood's best-known novel, The Handmaid's Tale, depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property. This new collection of critical essays examines that work and others, including Oryx and Crake, Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, and more.

Contents:

Atwood on Women, War, and History: "The Loneliness of the Military Historian" / Martine Watson Brownley 3

On the Border: Margaret Atwood's Novels / Alice M. Palumbo 21

Temporality and Margaret Atwood / Alice Ridout 35

Alias Atwood: Narrative Games and Gender Politics / Barbara Hill Rigney 59

Strangers within the Gates: Margaret Atwood's Wilderness Tips / Carol L. Beran 67

Quilting as Narrative Art: Metafictional Construction in Alias Grace / Sharon Rose Wilson 79

"It's Game Over Forever": Atwood's Satiric Vision of a Bioengineered Posthuman Future in Oryx and Crake / J. Brooks Bouson 93

Survival in Margaret Atwood's Novel Oryx and Crake / Earl G. Ingersoll 111

"That is what I told Dr. Jordan ...": Public Constructions and Private Disruptions in Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace / Gillian Siddall 127

Situating Canada: The Shifting Perspective of the Postcolonial Other in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride / Fiona Tolan 143

Northern Light: Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye / Roberta White 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.

ISBN:

9781604131819

1604131810

OCLC:

232605782