Margaret Atwood, language, text, and system / edited by Sherrill E. Grace and Lorraine Weir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grace, Sherrill, 1944-

Weir, Lorraine, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Atwood, Margaret.

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

Women and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Atwood, language, text, and system.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, c1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As poet, novelist, and critic Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's most stimulating contemporary writers. In this essay collection the authors examine her 'system' or 'set of codes' from a variety of critical perspectives which, considered together, demonstrate the overall consistency of Atwood's work. The introductory and concluding papers by the editors frame the other essays which range from thematic, historical, comparative, and feminist to syntactical studies of Atwood's text and language.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Articulating the ""Space Between"": Atwood's Untold Stories and Fresh Beginnings""; ""2. From Poetic to Narrative Structures: The Novels of Margaret Atwood""; ""3. The Pronunciation of Flesh: A Feminist Reading of Atwood's Poetry""; ""4. Atwood's Poetic Politics""; ""5. Surface Structures: The Syntactic Profile of Surfacing""; ""6. Surfacing: Amerindian Themes and Shamanism""; ""7. The Uses of Ambiguity: Margaret Atwood and Hubert Aquin""; ""8. Metamorphosis and Survival: Notes on the Recent Poetry of Margaret Atwood""""9. Atwood in a Landscape""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22664-2

9786613226648

0-7748-5770-6

OCLC:

923446071