Engendering Genre by Reingard M Nischik
Analyzes the relationship between gender and genre in Margaret Atwood's works. This title approaches Atwood's oeuvre by genre - poetry, short fiction, novels, criticism, comics, and film - and examines them individually. It explores how Atwood has developed her genres to be gender-sensitive in both content and form.
"Offering interpretations of some of Atwood's best-known and less-familiar works, Nischik has written chapters that are individually strong but which together provide a way to read Atwood's oeuvre as a 'significant cultural document of our times' Highly recommended." -- Choice "Nischik's study is meticulously researched and clearly written. ... [It] offers an innovative and exciting contribution to Atwood studies." -- The Review of English Studies "Nischik offers a genuinely original take on established critical conversations about Atwood's writing. For the first time, Atwood's literary achievements are set alongside less familiar creative modes, providing a fuller picture of the author's creative history and offering fresh insight into her innovations across literary genres." -- Contemporary Women's Writing "An attractive, accessible, and useful addition to the ever-expanding body of critical works on Atwood." -- Canadian Literature "Nischik's strength is in the minutiae and in her close reading. This is what Atwood scholarship needs now, and Nischik provides a strong framework for anyone interested in Atwood scholarship, whether one is just starting out or an experienced scholar." -- The Goose "Engendering Genre is a nuanced, elegant and extremely well-informed interdisciplinary study of the complexities and ironies of Atwood's handling of genre and gender in an extremely broad and varied /uvre. Its comprehensive approach is a fine tribute to the omnipresence of gender in Atwood's works." -- Jane Mattisson English Studies, 95:2, 228-229 "Nischik herself is one of the two outstanding European critics of Atwood's poetry and prose...and it is therefore always a pleasure to read a fresh publication on her subject of predilection. One of the strengths of Engendering Genre is precisely its all-inclusiveness in terms of the creative areas covered... Another is the attention to detail and the density of the references... (An) excellent and thorough study of Atwood." - Commonwealth Essays and Studies, vol. 34:1
Nischik, Reingard M.: - Reingard M. Nischik is professor and chair of American Literature at the University of Konstanz in Germany. She has published extensively on Canadian, American, and comparative literature. A three-time winner of the Best Book Award of the Margaret Atwood Society, she is one of the most renowned and productive scholars of Canadian literature studies internationally.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780776607245 |
| ISBN 10 | 0776607243 |
| Title | Engendering Genre |
| Author | Reingard M Nischik |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Ottawa Press |
| Year published | 2010-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
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