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Margaret Atwood (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Margaret Atwood’s publishing history is a testimonial to her remarkable productivity and versatility as a writer. As well as a poet, she is a novelist, a short-fiction writer, a children’s author, an editor, and an essayist. The Edible Woman (1969), Atwood’s first novel, defined the focus of her fiction: mainly satirical explorations of sexual politics, where self-deprecating female protagonists defend themselves against males, chiefly with the weapon of language. Other novels include Surfacing (1972), Lady Oracle (1976), Life...
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Morning in the Burned House (Magill Book Reviews) -
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Surfacing (American Fiction) -
Surfacing (British Fiction) -
Surfacing (Women’s Literature) -
Surfacing (Character Profiles) -
Surfacing (Identities and Issues) -
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Canadian Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
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Commonwealth Poetry (Topical Overview--Poetry) -
English and American Poetry in the Twentieth Century (Topical Overview--Poetry) -
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Canadian Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction) -
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