canadian literature

Examines the literary career of the author of "Anne of Green Gables" and the influence of her personal life on her writings.

Includes a brief biography of Margaret Atwood, thematic and structural analysis of "The Handmaid's Tale", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

Presents interviews with Native American authors N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, and Jeannette Armstrong, in which they discuss individual and tribal identity, cultural survival and exploitation, and writing techniques.

Examines the literary career of the author of "Anne of Green Gables" and the influence of her personal life on her writings.

This volume introduces literary contexts as they apply to novels written since 1960 by American and Canadian authors, offering students a working foundation of literary context. Essays on 37 notable post-modernist novels include detailed plot synopsis and main characters, along with symbols and motifs, historical, societal, religious, scientific and technological, and biographical context, and end with discussion questions and essay ideas. The content of the book is also available ONLINE through the Schroeder Library's databases.

Provides an introduction to the fiction of Canadian author Margaret Atwood, looking at the continuities in her writing and her use of feminist and nationalist themes.

Contains interpretations and criticism of Atwood's novels.

Contains over eight hundred alphabetically arranged articles that discuss works, authors, and subjects in North American literature that speak to the theme of identity; and includes a mediagraphy, bibliography, category list, and index.