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Margaret Atwood Coral A. Howells

Margaret Atwood By Coral A. Howells

Margaret Atwood by Coral A. Howells

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This introduction covers Atwood's work from the end of the 1960s to the present, drawing out her recurring themes of Canadian identity and the wilderness, the representation of women and female bodies, and history and its narration.

Margaret Atwood Summary

Margaret Atwood by Coral A. Howells

This introduction covers Atwood's work from the end of the 1960s to the present, drawing out her recurring themes of Canadian identity and the wilderness, the representation of women and female bodies, and history and its narration. Winner of the Margaret Atwood Society Best Book in 1997, the second edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It includes new chapters covering Atwood's recent novels Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and Oryx and Crake, and her 2002 book on writing Negotiating with the Dead.

Margaret Atwood Reviews

Praise for the first edition: 'The first edition of Howells' Margaret Atwood, published in 1996, is among the most widely cited books in the vast field of Atwood criticism. It has become the standard introduction to Atwood for undergraduates and postgraduates, since the comprehensive coverage of Atwood's novels, together with the book's accessible style and coherent structure, have ensured its appeal to students. Howells' detailed and influential close readings, and her judicious selections from secondary material in the field, have made the book very valuable to postdoctoral researchers also.' - Faye Hammill, British Journal of Canadian Studies Praise for the second edition: 'This book should be recommended to all students seeking an introduction to Atwood's work and it will provide new perspectives for researchers who benefited from the first edition at an earlier stage in their careers.' - Faye Hammill, British Journal of Canadian Studies

About Coral A. Howells

CORAL ANN HOWELLS is Professor of English and Canadian Literature at the University of Reading, UK, and a former President of the British Association for Canadian Studies. Her previous publications include Contemporary Canadian Women's Fiction: Refiguring Identities (2003), which is also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- General Editor's Preface.- Introduction: A Writer on Writing.- THE END OF THE 60s.- The Edible Woman.- THE 1970s.- Surfacing and Survival .- Lady Oracle.- Life Before Man.- THE 1980s.- Bodily Harm.- The Handmaid's Tale.- Cat's Eye.- THE 1990s.- The Robber Bride.- Alias Grace.- 2000 AND AFTER.- The Blind Assassin.- Oryx and Crake.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.

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GOR007194783
9781403922014
1403922012
Margaret Atwood by Coral A. Howells
Coral A. Howells
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20050426
224
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