Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors, American
Cover of the book Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale by Professor Gina Wisker, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Author: Professor Gina Wisker ISBN: 9781441171849
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: June 3, 2010
Imprint: Continuum Language: English
Author: Professor Gina Wisker
ISBN: 9781441171849
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: June 3, 2010
Imprint: Continuum
Language: English

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.

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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.

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