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Margaret Atwood offers an immensely influential voice in contemporary literature. Her novels have been translated into over 22 languages and are widely studied taught and enjoyed. Her style is defined by her comic wit and willingness to experiment. Her work has ranged across several genres from poetry to literary and cultural criticism novels short stories and art. This Introduction summarizes Atwood s canon from her earliest poetry and her first novel The Edible Woman through The Handmaid s Tale to The Year of the Flood. Covering the full range of her work it guides students through multiple readings of her oeuvre. It features chapters on her life and career her literary Canadian and feminist contexts and how her work has been received and debated over the course of her career. With a guide to further reading and a clear well organised structure this book presents an engaging overview for students and readers.
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- ISBN 9780521872980
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Margaret Atwood offers an immensely influential voice in contemporary literature. Her novels have been translated into over 22 languages and are widely studied taught and enjoyed. Her style is defined by her comic wit and willingness to experiment. Her work has ranged across several genres from poetry to literary and cultural criticism novels short stories and art. This Introduction summarizes Atwood s canon from her earliest poetry and her first novel The Edible Woman through The Handmaid s Tale to The Year of the Flood. Covering the full range of her work it guides students through multiple readings of her oeuvre. It features chapters on her life and career her literary Canadian and feminist contexts and how her work has been received and debated over the course of her career. With a guide to further reading and a clear well organised structure this book presents an engaging overview for students and readers.
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Margaret Atwood offers an immensely influential voice in contemporary literature. Her novels have been translated into over 22 languages and are widely studied taught and enjoyed. Her style is defined by her comic wit and willingness to experiment. Her work has ranged across several genres from poetry to literary and cultural criticism novels short stories and art. This Introduction summarizes Atwood s canon from her earliest poetry and her first novel The Edible Woman through The Handmaid s Tale to The Year of the Flood. Covering the full range of her work it guides students through multiple readings of her oeuvre. It features chapters on her life and career her literary Canadian and feminist contexts and how her work has been received and debated over the course of her career. With a guide to further reading and a clear well organised structure this book presents an engaging overview for students and readers.
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Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary studies: general
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Heidi Slettedahl MacPherson
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The Cambridge Introduction to Margaret Atwood is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780521872980) and paperback(ISBN 9780521694636)