Margaret Atwood, Second Edition

by Howells, Coral Ann

• ISBN13: 9781403922014
• ISBN10: 1403922012
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-08
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Margaret Atwood is one of the most popular and enduring literary novelists of the late twentieth century. This introduction covers Atwood's work from the 1970s 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 and includes four new chapters covering Atwood's recent novels Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin, her 2002 book on writing Negotiating with the Dead and her latest novel Oryx and Crake, published in 2003.

Author Biography

Coral Ann Howells is Professor of Canadian Literature at Reading University and a former chair of the Margaret Atwood Society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
1 Introduction: A Writer on Writing	1	(19)
THE END OF THE 1960's
2 The Edible Woman	20	(16)
THE 1970's
3 Surfacing and Survival	36	(16)
4 Lady Oracle	52	(12)
5 Life Before Man	64	(15)
THE 1980's
6 Bodily Harm	79	(14)
7 The Handmaid's Tale	93	(17)
8 Cat's Eye	110	(14)
THE 1990's
9 The Robber Bride	124	(16)
10 Alias Grace	140	(15)
2000 AND AFTER
11 The Blind Assassin	155	(15)
12 Oryx and Crake	170	(15)
Conclusion	185	(7)
Notes	192	(12)
Bibliography	204	(7)
Index	211