Margaret Atwood : vision and forms
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Margaret Atwood : vision and forms
(Ad feminam : women and literature / edited by Sandra M. Gilbert)
Southern Illinois University Press, c1988
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Bibliography: p. 247-256
Includes index
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Description
A prolific writer and versatile social critic, Canadian novelist and poet Margaret Atwood has recently published "Bluebeard s Egg "(short stories), "Interlunar "(poetry), and "The Handmaid s Tale "a critically acclaimed best-selling novel.
This international collection of essays evaluates the complete body of her workboth the acclaimed fiction and the innovative poetry. The critics represented hereAmerican, Australian, and Canadianaddress Atwood s handling of such themes as feminism, ecology, the gothic novel, and the political relationship between Canada and the United States.
The essays on Atwood s novels introduce the general reader to her development as a writer, as she matures from a basically subjective, poetic vision, seen in "Surfacing "and "The Edible Woman, "to an increasingly engaged, political stance, exemplified by "The Handmaid s Tale. "Other essays examine Atwood s poetry, from her transformation of the Homeric model to her criticisms of the United States relationship with Canada. The last two critical essays offer a unique view of Atwood through an investigation of her use of the concept of shamanism and through a presentation of eight of her vivid watercolors.
The volume ends with Atwood presenting her own views in an interview with Jan Garden Castro and in a conversation between Atwood and students at the University of Tampa, Florida."
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