Understanding Margaret Atwood / Donna M. Bickford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bickford, Donna, author.

Series:

Understanding Contemporary American Literature Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Atwood, Margaret.

Canadian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Canadian fiction.

Speculative fiction, Canadian--History and criticism.

Speculative fiction, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A timely, accessible introduction to Margaret Atwood's most recent novels and enduring themes. In 2017, the Hulu adaptation of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale introduced the acclaimed and bestselling Canadian author to a new generation and reminded Atwood's long-established readers of her uncanny prescience. Understanding Margaret Atwood provides an overview of the author's life, descriptions and analyses of the key themes present in her most recent novels, signposts to the connections and intertextual references between them, and attention to their critical reception. Following a biographical overview, author Donna M. Bickford studies The Handmaid's Tale (1985) and its sequel The Testaments (2019), retellings of The Odyssey in The Penelopiad (2005) and The Tempest in Hag Seed (2016), the MaddAddam trilogy (2003, 2009, 2013), and The Heart Goes Last (2015). Written in clear language and a style appropriate both for scholars and for new students of Atwood, Bickford locates Atwood's recent works in the literary, political, and social context. Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, which have collectively sold more than eight million copies worldwide; has received numerous awards and accolades, including multiple Booker Prizes and a PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award; and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Understanding Margaret Atwood

The handmaid's tale and The testaments : dystopia is coming

The Penelopiad and Hag-Seed : revising the classics

The MaddAddam trilogy : the world as we know it ends

The heart goes last : desperation and possibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Bickford, Donna M. Understanding Margaret Atwood

ISBN:

9781643364506

1643364502

OCLC:

1381095865