Atwood's The handmaid's tale : a reader's guide / Gina Wisker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wisker, Gina, 1951-

Series:

Continuum reader's guides.

Continuum reader's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Handmaid's tale.

Atwood, Margaret.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2010.

Summary:

Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale , engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the novel and encourages you to engage with key questions and readings in your reading of the text. It includes discussion of key themes and concepts including:. - Representation of women's roles, gender, sexuality and power. - Language, style and form. - Dystopias and genre fictions. - Power, control and religious fundamentalism. Combining helpful guidan

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Quotations and Abbreviations; 1. Context; 2. Overview of Themes; 3. Reading The Handmaid's Tale; 4. Reception and Influence; 5. Guide to Further Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-138) and index.

ISBN:

9786612870910

9781282870918

1282870912

9781441103529

144110352X

OCLC:

676695782