Gina Wisker provides a fresh, up-to-date introductory guide to the work of this internationally renowned writer, covering Atwood's entire fictional oeuvre and engaging with the surrounding criticism and debates developed by key Atwood critics. Wisker also explores the main issues and approaches to reading Atwood's fiction. GINA WISKER Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature, andHead of the Centre for Learning and Teaching, at the University of Brighton, UK. She is the author of 'Margaret Atwood's' ''Alias Grace': A Reader's Guide '(2002, Continuum) and has written a number of books for Palgrave, including 'Black Women's Writing' (1992), 'Postcolonial and African American Women's Writing' (2000), and the highly successful 'The Postgraduate Research Handbook' (2001). INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-1-4039-8712-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha Publicación: 22/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés