The fiction of Margaret Atwood

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781350336735 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xi, 199 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Early works and early reception: The edible woman and Surfacing -- A developing canon and developing themes: Lady Oracle, Life before man and Bodily harm -- 'Are there any questions?': a focus on The handmaid's tale -- Spotty-handed villainesses: Cat's eye and The robber bride -- History, memory and recovering the past: Alias Grace, The blind assassin and The Penelopiad -- Atwood's dystopian futures: The MaddAddam trilogy -- Conclusion.