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Beschreibung

Margaret Atwood is an internationally renowned, highly versatile author whose work creatively explores what it means to be human through genres ranging from feminist fable to science fiction and Gothic romance.

In this timely new study, Gina Wisker reassesses Atwood's entire fictional output to date, providing both original analysis and a lively overview of the criticism surrounding her work. Margaret Atwood: An Introduction to Critical Views of Her Fiction:
- Covers all of Atwood's novels as well as her short stories.
- Surveys the critical reception of her fiction and the fascinating debates developed by key Atwood critics.
- Explores the main approaches to reading Atwood's work and examines issues such as her interventions in genre writing and ecology, as well as her feminism, post-feminism and narrative usage, both conventional and experimental.

Concise and approachable, this is an ideal volume for anyone studying the fiction of this major contemporary writer.

Margaret Atwood is an internationally renowned, highly versatile author whose work creatively explores what it means to be human through genres ranging from feminist fable to science fiction and Gothic romance.

In this timely new study, Gina Wisker reassesses Atwood's entire fictional output to date, providing both original analysis and a lively overview of the criticism surrounding her work. Margaret Atwood: An Introduction to Critical Views of Her Fiction:
- Covers all of Atwood's novels as well as her short stories.
- Surveys the critical reception of her fiction and the fascinating debates developed by key Atwood critics.
- Explores the main approaches to reading Atwood's work and examines issues such as her interventions in genre writing and ecology, as well as her feminism, post-feminism and narrative usage, both conventional and experimental.

Concise and approachable, this is an ideal volume for anyone studying the fiction of this major contemporary writer.

Über den Autor
Gina Wisker is the Head of Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Brighton, UK.
Zusammenfassung
A new introductory guide to Margaret Atwood which re-scrutinises her fictional work to date and provides both an overview of key secondary criticism and original analysis for anyone studying her work
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Quest for Identity: Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (1972) , Surfacing (1972)
Constraining the Feminine: The Edible Woman (1969), Lady Oracle (1976)
Explorations, Bones and Murders: The Short Stories (1977-94)
Violence and Trauma: Life Before Man (1979), Bodily Harm (1981)
The Oppressive Future: The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
Feminist Gothic: Cat's Eye (1988), The Robber Bride (1993)
No Nearer the Truth Versions of Fictionalising: Alias Grace (1996)
Rewriting History and Myth: The Blind Assassin (2000), The Penelopiad (2005)
Writers, Readers, Constructions of the Real and the Future: Oryx and Crake (2003)
Re-telling Old Tales: Moral Disorder (2006), The Tent (2006)
The End of the World?: The Year of the Flood (2009)
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 248 S.
ISBN-13: 9781403987129
ISBN-10: 1403987122
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wisker, Gina
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: Gina Wisker
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.12.2011
Gewicht: 0,317 kg
Artikel-ID: 133049616

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