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Biography
(Margaret Eleanor Atwood). Canadian (born Canada), b. 1939. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Novelist and poet; University of British Columbia,...
200011 pages
Poem explanation, Cr...
Margaret Atwood 1974 Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” is part of the poet’s 1974 collection, You Are Happy, and is included in a section titled “Songs of the Transformed.” In Greek mythology, the Sirens were half-bird...
20174 pages
Critical essay, Repr...
Margaret Atwood In the 1976 novel Lady Oracle by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (1939–), the tropes of the gothic novel overtake Joan Foster, an unhappy and psychologically fragmented writer of gothic romances who...
201123 pages
Poem explanation, Ex...
Margaret Atwood's “Mushrooms” is a poem that subtly investigates both the power and limitations of poetry and language. It also demonstrates themes of life cycles and nature, reflecting Atwood's environmental interests....
200114 pages
Character overview, ...
Margaret Atwood 1983 Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” first appeared in the 1983 Canadian collection, Murder in the Dark, and it was published in 1994 for American audiences in Good Bones and Simple Murders. Subtitled...
199817 pages
Character overview, ...
Margaret Atwood 1977 Margaret Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies” was first published in the Canadian version of Dancing Girls and Other Stories in 1977 but was omitted from the American edition of the collection. It has become...
200425 pages
Character overview, ...
Margaret Atwood1996 In the novel Alias Grace, author Margaret Atwood retells the story of Grace Marks, a real nineteenth-century Canadian woman who was accused of, and spent thirty years in jail for, the murder of two...
200221 pages
Biography, Character...
Cat's Eye was published in Toronto in 1988 and was the ninth novel by Margaret Atwood, one of Canada's most acclaimed writers of fiction and poetry. It is about a successful painter, Elaine Risley, who returns to...
20077 pages
Topic overview
Since the Pilgrims emigrated from England in 1620, America has represented a place of freedom and financial gain. While the Separatists fled to the New World for religious acceptance, cultural identity, and civil...
199823 pages
Character overview, ...
By the time The Handmaid's Tale was published in 1985, Margaret Atwood had already been an internationally recognized figure in literature for twenty years. Her work has been characterized as having a "feminist" focus,...
200213 pages
Character overview, ...
Margaret Atwood's second novel, Surfacing, earned critical and popular acclaim in Canada and the United States after its publication in 1972. Surfacing is structured around the point of view of a young woman who travels...
200122 pages
Character overview, ...
Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman is about women and their relationships to men, to society, and to food and eating. It is through food and eating that Atwood discusses a young woman's rebellion against a modern,...
20101 page
Biography
Canadian (born India), b. 1960?. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: McGill University, assistant professor, 1991-97, associate professor, 1997-, associate dean of arts, 2006-; McGill-Queen's University...
20101 page
Biography
American (born United States). Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Mundelein College, assistant professor, 1980-86, associate professor of English, 1986-91; Loyola University, associate professor, 1991-2000,...
20101 page
Biography
American (born United States), b. 1938. Genres: Literary criticism and history, History. Career: State University of New York College, instructor, 1964-71, assistant professor, 1971-87, associate professor, 1987-91,...
20101 page
Biography
Also writes as Murphre Roos. Canadian/American (born United States), b. 1951. Genres: Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Cross Country Press, co-editor, 1975-80; Vehicule Press, editor, 1975-80; McGill...
20065 pages
Topic overview
Imagine you lived in a world in which you could not vote, hold elected office, or own property no matter how old you are. Consider how limited your life would be if you were not encouraged to go to school or pursue a...
20101 page
Biography
British (born United Kingdom), b. 1944. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Writing/Journalism. Career: University of Edinburgh, professor in English literature, 1969-. Publications: Poem, Purpose, and Place: Shaping...
Authors:Robertson Davies and Christopher RoutledgeFrom:Supernatural Literature
(Vol. 1: The Dead. )
20173 pages
Critical essay, Work...
Robertson Davies First published in 1982, High Spirits by Canadian writer Robertson Davies (1913–1995) is a collection of what he called “cheerful ghost stories” based in the academic setting of Massey College, the...
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(Margaret Eleanor Atwood). Canadian (born Canada), b. 1939. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Children's fiction, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Novelist and poet; University of British Columbia,...
Margaret Atwood In the 1976 novel Lady Oracle by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood (1939–), the tropes of the gothic novel overtake Joan Foster, an unhappy and psychologically fragmented writer of gothic romances who...