Margaret Atwood The robber bride, The blind assassin, Oryx and Crake edited by J. Brooks Bouson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bouson, J. Brooks, editor.

Series:

Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction.

Continuum studies in contemporary North American fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Atwood, Margaret.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Robber bride.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Blind assassin.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Oryx and Crake.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this critical collection, well-known Atwood scholars offer original readings and critical re-evaluations of three Atwood masterpieces - The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin, and Oryx and Crake . Providing new critical assessments of Atwood's novels in language that is both lively and accessible, Margaret Atwood reveals not only Atwood's ongoing and evolving engagement with the issues that have long preoccupied her - ranging from the power politics of human relationships to a concern with human rights and the global environment - but also her increasing formal complexity as a novelist. If

Contents:

Negotiating with Margaret Atwood / J. Brooks Bouson

Magical realism in The robber bride and other texts / Sharon R. Wilson

Parodic border crossings in The robber bride / Hilde Staels

You're history: living with trauma in The robber bride / Laurie Vickroy

"Was I my sister's keeper?" The blind assassin and problematic feminisms / Fiona Tolan

Narrative multiplicity and the multi-layered self in The blind assassin / Magali Cornier Michael

"If you look long enough": photography, memory, and mourning in The blind assassin / Shuli Barzilai

Moral/environmental debt in Payback and Oryx and Crake / Shannon Hengen

Problematic paradice in Oryx and Crake / Karen F. Stein

The apocalyptic imagination in Oryx and Crake / Mark Bosco

Series Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Negotiating with Margaret Atwood J. Brooks Bouson

Part I: The Robber Bride (1993) 2. Magical Realism in The Robber Bride and Other Texts Sharon R. Wilson

3. Parodic Border Crossings in Atwood's The Robber Bride Hilde Staels

4. You're History: Living with Trauma in The Robber Bride Laurie Vickroy

Part II: The Blind Assassin (2000) 5. "Was I My Sister's Keeper?" The Blind Assassin and

Problematic Feminisms Fiona Tolan

6. Narrative Multiplicity and the Multi-layered Self in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin Magali Cornier Michael

7. "If You Look Long Enough": Photography, Memory, and Mourning in The Blind Assassin Shuli Barzilai

Part III: Oryx and Crake (2003) 8. Moral

Environmental Debt in Margaret Atwood's Payback and Oryx and Crake Shannon Hengen

9. Problematic Paradice: Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake Karen Stein

10. The Apocalyptic Imagination in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake Mark Bosco

Notes on Chapters

Works Cited

Further Reading

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [172]-196) and index

ISBN:

9786612912603

9781441184504

1441184503

9781472542618

1472542614

9781282912601

1282912607

9781441156327

1441156321

OCLC:

693761497