The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood

A fully revised critical overview of Atwood's career, emphasising her recent dystopias and the televised adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale.

Coral Ann Howells (Edited by)

9781108707633, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 April 2021

272 pages
23 x 15 x 1 cm, 0.36 kg

'This book is a worthy addition to the series. Its focus on topics as diverse as Canadian identity, dystopias, power, poetry and poetics, environmentalism, humour, feminism, and digital technology ensure that there is something for all Atwood fans, and for Canadian scholars in general.' Jane Ekstam, British Journal of Canadian Studies

The field of Margaret Atwood studies, like her own work, is in constant evolution. This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood provides substantial reconceptualization of Atwood's writing in multiple genres that has spanned six decades, with particular focus on developments since 2000. Exploring Atwood in our contemporary context, this edition discusses the relationship between her Canadian identity and her role as an international literary celebrity and spokesperson on global issues, ranging from environmentalism to women's rights to digital technology. As well as providing novel insights into Atwood's recent dystopias and classic texts, this edition highlights a significant dimension in the reception of Atwood's work, with new material on the striking Hulu and MGM television adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale. This up-to-date volume illuminates new directions in Atwood's career, and introduces students, scholars and general readers alike to the ever-expanding dimensions of her literary art.

Introduction Coral Ann Howells
1. Margaret Atwood in her Canadian context David Staines
2. Margaret Atwood on questions of power Pilar Somacarrera
3. Home and nation in Margaret Atwood's later fiction Eleonora Rao
4. Margaret Atwood's female bodies Sarah A. Appleton
5. Margaret Atwood and environmentalism J. Brooks Bouson
6. Margaret Atwood and history Gina Wisker
7. Margaret Atwood's revisions of classic texts Fiona Tolan
8. Margaret Atwood's humor Marta Dvo?ák
9. Margaret Atwood's poetry and poetics Branko Gorjup
10. Margaret Atwood's later short fiction Reingard M. Nischik
11. Margaret Atwood's recent dystopias Coral Ann Howells
12. The Hulu and MGM television adaptations of The Handmaid's Tale Eva-Marie Kröller.

Subject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews & guides [DSRC], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: poetry & poets [DSC], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]