Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
Title:
Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
Author:
Wisker, Gina.
ISBN:
9781441103529
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (162 pages)
Series:
Reader's Guides
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Quotations and Abbreviations -- 1. Context -- 2. Overview of Themes -- 3. Reading The Handmaid's Tale -- 4. Reception and Influence -- 5. Guide to Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Margaret Atwood's popular dystopian novel A Handmaid's Tale, engages the reader with a broad range of issues relating to power, gender and religious politics. This guide provides an overview of the key critical debates and interpretations of the novel and encourages you to engage with key questions and readings in your reading of the text. It includes discussion of key themes and concepts including: - Representation of women's roles, gender, sexuality and power - Language, style and form - Dystopias and genre fictions - Power, control and religious fundamentalism. Combining helpful guidance on reading Atwood's text with overviews of significant stylistic and thematic issues and an introduction to criticism, this is an ideal companion to reading and studying A Handmaid's Tale.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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