The fiction of Margaret Atwood / Fiona Tolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolan, Fiona, author.

Series:

Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism.

Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atwood, Margaret, b. 1939-.

Atwood, Margaret.

Literature--Novelists--20th century.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant writers working today. Her writing spans seven decades, is phenomenally diverse and ambitious, and has amassed an enormous body of literary criticism. In this invaluable guide, Fiona Tolan provides a clear and comprehensive overview of evolving critical approaches to Atwood's work. Addressing all of the author's key texts, the book deftly guides the reader through the most characteristic, influential, and insightful critical readings of the last fifty years. It highlights recurring themes in Atwood's work, such as gender, feminism, power and violence, fairy tale and the gothic, environmental destruction, and dystopian futures. This is an indispensable companion for anyone interested in reading and writing about Margaret Atwood..

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Early Works and Early Reception

Chapter 2: A Developing Canon and Developing Themes: Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, and Bodily Harm

Chapter 3: 'Are There Any Questions?': A Focus on The Handmaid's Tale

Chapter 4: Spotty-handed Villainesses: Cat's Eye and The Robber Bride

Chapter 5: History, Memory and Recovering the Past

Chapter 6: Atwood's Dystopian Futures: The MaddAddam Trilogy

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350336766

1350336769

9781350336759

1350336750

9781350336742

1350336742

OCLC:

1353824427

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9781350336766 doi.