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Born in November 18, 1939 / Canada / English

Furtherreading

Other info : Career | Bibliography

BOOKS

  • Beran, Carol L., Living over the Abyss: Margaret Atwood's Life before Man, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.
  • Bloom, Harold, editor, Margaret Atwood, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2000.
  • Bouson, J. Brooks, Brutal Choreographies: Oppositional Strategies and Narrative Design in the Novels of Margaret Atwood, University of Massachusetts Press (Amherst, MA), 1993.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 2, 1974, Volume 3, 1975, Volume 4, 1975, Volume 8, 1978, Volume 13, 1980, Volume 15, 1980, Volume 25, 1983, Volume 44, 1987.
  • Cooke, John, The Influence of Painting on Five Canadian Writers: Alice Munro, Hugh Hood, Timothy Findley, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Ondaatje, Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY), 1996.
  • Cooke, Nathalie, Margaret Atwood: A Biography, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1998.
  • Davidson, Arnold E., Seeing in the Dark: Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
  • Davidson, Arnold E., and Cathy N. Davidson, editors, The Art of Margaret Atwood: Essays in Criticism, House of Anansi Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1981.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 53: Canadian Writers since 1960, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1986.
  • Gibson, Graeme, Eleven Canadian Novelists, House of Anansi Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1973.
  • Grace, Sherrill, Violent Duality: A Study of Margaret Atwood, Véhicule Press (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1980.
  • Grace, Sherrill, and Lorraine Weir, editors, Margaret Atwood: Language, Text, and System, University of British Columbia Press (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1983.
  • Hengen, Shannon, Margaret Atwood's Power: Mirrors, Reflections, and Images in Select Fiction and Poetry, Second Story Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.
  • Howells, Coral Ann, Margaret Atwood, St. Martin's Press (New York City), 1996.
  • Irvine, Lorna, Collecting Clues: Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1993.
  • Lecker, Robert, and Jack David, editors, The Annotated Bibliography of Canada's Major Authors, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1980.
  • Marshall, Tom, Harsh and Lovely Land: The Major Canadian Poets and the Making of a Canadian Tradition, University of British Columbia Press (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1978.
  • McCombs, Judith, and Carole L. Palmer, Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide, G.K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1991.
  • Michael, Magali Cornier, Feminism and the Postmodern Impulse: Post-World War II Fiction, State University of New York Press (Albany, NY), 1996.
  • Nicholson, Colin, editor, Margaret Atwood: Writing and Subjectivity: New Critical Essays, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1994.
  • Nischik, Reingard M., editor, Margaret Atwood: Works and Impact, Camden House (Rochester, NY), 2000.
  • Rao, Eleanora, Strategies for Identity: The Fiction of Margaret Atwood, P. Lang (New York, NY), 1993.
  • Sandler, Linda, editor, Margaret Atwood: A Symposium, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 1977.
  • Stein, Karen F., Margaret Atwood Revisited, Twayne (New York, NY), 1999.
  • Sullivan, Rosemary, The Red Shoes: Margaret Atwood Starting Out, HarperFlamingo Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1998.
  • Thompson, Lee Briscoe, Scarlet Letters: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
  • Twigg, Alan, For Openers: Conversations with Twenty-four Canadian Writers, Harbour Publishing (Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada), 1981.
  • Woodcock, George, The Canadian Novel in the Twentieth Century, McClelland & Stewart (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1975.

PERIODICALS

  • Book World, November 7, 2004, Elizabeth Ward, review of Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, p. 12.
  • Booklist, June 1, 2000, Donna Seaman, review of The Blind Assassin, p. 1796; January 1, 2004, review of Oryx and Crake, p. 776; March 1, 2005, Donna Seaman, review of Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005, p. 1130..
  • Bookseller, February 4, 2005, review of Curious Pursuits: Occasional Writing, 1970-2005, p. 36.
  • Canadian Book Review Annual, 2004, Patricia Morley, review of Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, p. 465.
  • Christian Science Monitor, December 27, 1991, Merle Rubin, review of Wilderness Tips and Other Stories, p. 14.
  • Contemporary Literature, winter, 2003, Susan Strehle, review of Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing, pp. 737-42.
  • Detroit News, April 4, 1982, Anne Tyler, review of Bodily Harm.
  • Globe & Mail (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), December 11, 2004, Bill Richardson, review of Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, p. D18; January 21, 2006, Aritha van Herk, review of The Tent, p. D4.
  • Humanist, September-October, 1986, Stephen McCabe, review of the Handmaid's Tale, p. 31.
  • Insight, March 24, 1986, Richard Grenier, review of The Handmaid's Tale.
  • Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2004, review of Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, p. 802; October 1, 2005, review of The Tent, p. 1057.
  • Library Journal, August 9, 2000, Beth E. Andersen, review of The Blind Assassin; March 15, 2005, Nancy R. Ives, review of Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose, 1983-2005, p. 84.
  • London Review of Books, November 17, 2005, Thomas Jones, review of The Penelopiad, p. 23.
  • Maclean's, January 15, 1979, review of Two-Headed Poems, p. 50; October 15, 1979, review of Life Before Man, p. 66; March 30, 1981, Mark Able, review of True Stories, p. 52; September 16, 1991, John Bemrose, review of Wilderness Tips and Other Stories, p. 58; October 5, 1992, John Bemrose, review of Good Bones, p. 60; October 4, 1993, Judith Timson, review of The Robber Bride, p. 55; February 6, 1995, John Bemrose, review of Morning in the Burned House, p. 85; September 23, 1996, Diane Turbide, "Amazing Atwood," pp. 42-45; July 1, 1999, Margaret Atwood, "Survival, Then and Now," p. 54.
  • Ms., January, 1987, Lindsy Van Gelder, "Margaret Atwood," p. 48.
  • Newsweek, February 18, 1980, Peter S. Prescott, review of Life Before Man, p. 108; February 17, 1986, Peter S. Prescott, review of The Handmaid's Tale, p. 70.
  • New Yorker, September 18, 2000, John Updike, review of The Blind Assassin, p. 142.
  • New York Review of Books, December 19, 1996, Hilary Mantel, "Murder and Memory."
  • New York Times, March 6, 1982, Anatole Broyard, review of Bodily Harm, pp. 13(N), 21(LC); March 28, 1982, Judy Klemesrud, "Canada's 'High Priestess of Angst,'" p. 21; September 15, 1982; January 27, 1986, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, review of The Handmaid's Tale, p. C24; February 17, 1986; November 5, 1986; October 26, 1993, Michiko Kakutani, review of The Robber Bride, p. C20; November 23, 1993, Sarah Lyall, " An Author Who Lets Women Be Bad Guys," pp. C13, C16; September 3, 2000, Thomas Mallon, review of The Blind Assassin; September 8, 2000, Michiko Kakutani, review of The Blind Assassin ; May 13, 2003, Michiko Kakutani, review of Oryx and Crake, p. E9.
  • New York Times Book Review, February 3, 1980, Marilyn French, review of Life Before Man, p. 1; February 9, 1986, Mary McCarthy, review of The Handmaid's Tale, p. 1; October 31, 1993, Lorrie Moore, review of The Robber Bride, pp. 1, 22; December 11, 1994, Jennifer Howard, review of Good Bones and Simple Murders, p. 22; December 29, 1996, Francine Prose, review of Alias Grace, p. 6; December 7, 2003, review of Oryx and Crake, p. 69.
  • O, the Oprah Magazine, November, 2005, Vince Passaro, review of The Penelopiad, p. 184.
  • Publishers Weekly, July 24, 2000, review of The Blind Assassin, p. 67; July 24, 2000, " PW Talks to Margaret Atwood," p. 68; August 23, 2004, review of Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, p. 54.
  • Quill and Quire, April, 1981, Robert Sward, review of True Stories; September, 1984.
  • Resource Links, December, 2003, Denise Parrott, review of Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, p. 1; April, 2005, Adriane Pettit, review of Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda, p. 1.
  • San Francisco Review of Books, summer, 1982, Nancy Ramsey, review of Bodily Harm, p. 21.
  • Saturday Night, July-August, 1998, Rosemary Sullivan, "The Writer-Bride," p. 56.
  • Saturday Review, February 2, 1980, Rosellen Brown, review of Life Before Man, p. 33.
  • School Library Journal, November, 2004, Caroline Ward, review of Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes, p. 90.
  • Science, November 14, 2003, Susan M. Squier, review of Oryx and Crake, p. 1154.
  • Studies in the Novel, spring, 2004, Earl G. Ingersoll, review of Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing, p. 126.
  • Village Voice, January 7, 1980, Laurie Stone, review of Life Before Man.
  • Washington Post, April 6, 1986, Mary Battiata, review of The Handmaid's Tale.
  • Washington Post Book World, November 7, 1993, Francine Prose, review of The Robber Bride, p. 1.
  • West Coast Review, January, 1973, Gloria Onley, "Margaret Atwood: Surfacing in the Interests of Survival."

ONLINE

  • Atwood Society Web site, http://www.mscd.edu/~atwoodso/ (March 9, 2006).