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Subject(s)

• Atwood, Margaret 1939-—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Women and literature—Canada—History—20th century [Browse]

Series

• Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 887. [More in this series]
• Twayne's world authors series. Canadian literature. [More in this series]
• Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 887. Canadian literature [More in this series]

Summary note

• "In Margaret Atwood Revisited, Karen Stein provides an introductory overview of Atwood's works, focusing on their central themes, especially the paradoxes and possibilities of storytelling, sexual politics, and quests. Atwood's protagonists are storytellers, says Stein, witnesses to a world that is often confusing and dangerous; the fictions these characters invent about their lives can become traps, self-fulfilling prophecies, or liberating fictions."--BOOK JACKET.
• "Margaret Atwood Revisited will be a resource for both scholars and students."--BOOK JACKET.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-166) and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Margaret Atwood, Storyteller
• Ch. 2. Northern Gothic: The Early Poems, 1961-1975
• Ch. 3. "Home Ground, Foreign Territory": Atwood's Early Novels
• Ch. 4. Lost Worlds: Three Novels
• Ch. 5. Victims, Tricksters, and Scheherazades: The Later Novels
• Ch. 6. Firestorms and Fireflies: The Later Poems, 1978-1995
• Ch. 7. Scarlet Ibises and Frog Songs: Short Fiction
• Ch. 8. Poets and Princesses: An Atwood Miscellany Literary Criticism, Reviews, and Children's Books.

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ISBN

0805716149 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99033696

OCLC

41641274

RCP

C - S

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