Negotiating With The Dead by Margaret Atwood
What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High Priest of Art? Court Jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities, looking at what costumes they have seen fit to assume, what roles they have chosen to play. And if a writer is to be seen as 'gifted', who is doing the giving and what are the terms of the gift? Margaret Atwood's wide and eclectic reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. The lightness of her touch is underlined by a seriousness about the purpose and the pleasures of writing, and by a deep familiarity with the myths and traditions of western literature.
Juggling well worn subjects which "get murky or pretentious", this is a streetwise, erudite suggestive enquiry into problems and myths of the writer's roleHer light touch on hard thoughts, her humour and eclectic quotations, lend enchantment to an argument that has as many undulating tentacles as a well developed sea anemone. THE INDEPENDENT Her witty, occasionally self-depracating and always ingenious approach is a delight Culture, SUNDAY TIMES A witty and profound rumination about writing THE TIMES A playful, informed and briskly sensible discussion of the writing life. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than thirty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, Alias Grace were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Blind Assassin won in 2001, and she has won many other literary prizes in other countries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844080274 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844080277 |
| Title | Negotiating With The Dead |
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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