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Zusatztext A valuable and necessary book for students! researchers! and enthusiastic readers of Margaret Atwood's novels. It offers both a substantial study of her fiction and a comprehensive overview of Atwood criticism up to the present! unequalled in any other publication. Covering all relevant thematic! genre! narrative! and contextual issues! it deftly guides readers through the rich diversity of critical responses to her work. Informationen zum Autor Fiona Tolan is Lecturer in English at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Vorwort This is an indispensable companion for anyone interested in reading and writing about Margaret Atwood, providing a clear and comprehensive overview of evolving critical approaches to Atwood’s work. Zusammenfassung Winner of the 2023 Atwood Society Award for Best Book on Atwood and Her Work 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: Early Works and Early ReceptionChapter 2: A Developing Canon and Developing Themes: Lady Oracle, Life Before Man, and Bodily HarmChapter 3: ‘Are There Any Questions?’: A Focus on The Handmaid’s TaleChapter 4: Spotty-handed Villainesses: Cat’s Eye and The Robber BrideChapter 5: History, Memory and Recovering the PastChapter 6: Atwood’s Dystopian Futures: The MaddAddam Trilogy ConclusionNotes Bibliography...
