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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810634303321

Titolo

Margaret Atwood, language, text, and system / / edited by Sherrill E. Grace and Lorraine Weir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, c1983

ISBN

1-283-22664-2

9786613226648

0-7748-5770-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraceSherrill <1944->

WeirLorraine <1946->

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Women and literature - Canada - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Articulating the ""Space Between"": Atwood's Untold Stories and Fresh Beginnings""; ""2. From Poetic to Narrative Structures: The Novels of Margaret Atwood""; ""3. The Pronunciation of Flesh: A Feminist Reading of Atwood's Poetry""; ""4. Atwood's Poetic Politics""; ""5. Surface Structures: The Syntactic Profile of Surfacing""; ""6. Surfacing: Amerindian Themes and Shamanism""; ""7. The Uses of Ambiguity: Margaret Atwood and Hubert Aquin""; ""8. Metamorphosis and Survival: Notes on the Recent Poetry of Margaret Atwood""""9. Atwood in a Landscape""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

As poet, novelist, and critic Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's most stimulating contemporary writers. In this essay collection the authors examine her 'system' or 'set of codes' from a variety of critical perspectives which, considered together, demonstrate the overall consistency of Atwood's work. The introductory and concluding papers by the editors frame the other essays which range from thematic, historical, comparative, and feminist to syntactical studies of Atwood's text and language.