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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