Margaret Atwood
~~ "There is so much silence between the words..." SOCI 4019 September 29, 1999. An Overview of Works, Styles, and Themes has written a great number of novels and other forms of literature. The major press editions are as follows: ~ WORKS~ Poetry ¨ 1964, The Cirle Game ¨ 1968, The Animals in That Country ¨ 1970, The Journals of Susanna Moodie ¨ 1970, Procedures for Underground ¨ 1971, Power Politics ¨ 1974, You are Happy ¨ 1978, Selected Poems ¨ 1978, Two-Headed Poems ¨ 1981, True Stories ¨ 1984, Interlunar ¨ 1987, Selected Poems II: Poems Selected and New, 1976-1986 ¨ 1990, Selected Poems 1966-1975 ¨ 1995, Morning in the Burned House Short Fiction ¨ 1977, "Dancing Girls" ¨ 1983, "Murder ...
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Rebels 1815-1840 ¨ 1982, Second Words: Selected Critical Prose ¨ 1995, Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature Edited ¨ 1982, The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English ¨ 1986, The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English ¨ 1987, The Canlit Foodbook ¨ 1989, The Best American Short Stories ¨ 1995, The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English ~ STYLE ~ Although many have used s style of writing poetry, not one has yet to compete with her words. Typically, Margaret sticks to formal style of poetry, using original text with separated stanzas. Margarets stlye of writing gives an overwhelming effect to the reader; moreover, her style of writing adjusts to the theme of the particular piece. ~ THEMES ~ The essential features of Atwood’s fictions and poetry has been described as a search for a personal and national identity. Survival is a central theme throughout her works, as is the quest for self unity. Biography was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on ...
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College in 1961, and then went on to receive her Master’s degree from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Atwood also received education from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during 1962-63 and 1965-67. Atwood began her career through self-publication. She sold these books for fifty cents each. During this period, Atwood married Graeme Gibson, a fellow writer who was born in London, Ontario, in 1934. Togehter, they have three grown children and two cats. Although Atwood both grew up and resides presently in Canada, she ahs lived in numerous cities throughout the world. The Canadian residences include Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, ...
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