Margaret AtwoodHarold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom This Canadian novelist and poet is among the most acclaimed writers today. Atwood's best-known novel, The Handmaid's Tale, depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property. This new collection of critical essays is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, and notes on the contributors, as well as an introductory essay by noted literary scholar Harold Bloom. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Atwood on Women War and History | 3 |
On the Border | 21 |
Temporality and Margaret Atwood | 35 |
Alias Atwood | 59 |
Strangers within the Gates | 67 |
Quilting as Narrative Art | 79 |
Its Game Over Forever | 93 |
That is What I told Dr Jordan | 127 |
Situating Canada | 143 |
Northern Light | 159 |
Chronology | 183 |
Contributors | 189 |
| 191 | |
Acknowledgments | 195 |
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