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Novelist, poet, cultural critic, Margaret Atwood is one of the most fascinating, versatile, and productive authors of our time, a superb writer in any genre she chooses to tackle. This book was prepared on the occasion of Atwood's sixtieth birthday in November 1999. Its first aim is therefore to take stock of Atwood's multifarious works and international impact at the height of her creative powers. Secondly, the book serves as a wide-ranging introduction to the writer and her works. Fifteen informative articles written specifically for this volume by Atwood specialists from Canada, the USA, the UK, Germany, and France treat her life and status, her works (up-to-date survey articles on Atwood's novels, short fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural criticism), and important approaches to her works (from the standpoints of gender politics, mythology, ecology, popular culture, constructivism, and Canadian nationalism). A final section on creativity, transmission, and reception includes an interview with Atwood on creativity, statements by some of Atwood's important transmitters, including publishers, editors, literary agents, and translators, and some 15 statements by Atwood's fellow writers, in which they explore her importance for them. A number of photographs of Atwood, several cartoons drawn by her, an up-to-date bibliography of works by and about Atwood, and an index round out the volume. Reingard M. Nischik is Professor of American literature at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

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CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments = xi
"Flagpoles and Entrance Doors" : Introduction / REINGARD M. NISCHIK = 1
Ⅰ. LIFE AND STATUS = 13
  Lions, Tigers, and Pussycats : Margaret Atwood(Auto-) Biographically / NATHALIE COOKE = 15
  Celebrity, or a Disneyland of the Soul : Margaret Atwood and the Media / SUSANNE BECKER = 28
  Canonizing Atwood : Her Impact on Teaching in the US, Canada, and Europe / CAROLINE ROSENTHAL = 41
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MARGARET ATWOOD = 57
Ⅱ. WORKS = 71
  On the Border : Margaret Atwood's Novels / ALICE M. PALUMBO = 73
  Margaret Atwood's Short Fiction / CHARLOTTE STURGESS = 87
  Margaret Atwood's Poetry 1966-1995 / LOTHAR H O ·· NNIGHAUSEN = 97
  "A Certain Frivolity" : Margaret Atwood's Literary Criticism / WALTER PACHE = 120
Ⅲ. APPROACHES = 137
  Transgressing Genre : A Generic Approach to Margaret Atwood's Novels / CORAL ANN HOWELLS = 139
  Alias Atwood : Narrative Games and Gender Politics / BARBARA HILL RIGNEY = 157
  Margaret Atwood : A Canadian Nationalist / PAUL GOETSCH = 166
  Margaret Atwood, the Land, and Ecology / RONALD B. HATCH = 180
  Recycling Culture : Kitsch, Camp, and Trash in Margaret Atwood's Fiction / LORNA IRVINE = 202
  Mythological Intertexts in Margaret Atwood's Works / SHARON R. WILSON = 215
  Re-Constructions of Reality in Margaret Atwood's Literature : A Constructionist Approach / KLAUS PETER M U ·· LLER = 229
Ⅳ. CREATIVITY-TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION = 259
  Challenging the Reader : An Analysis of Margaret Atwood's Creative Technique in her First Published Novel / HELMUT REICHENB A ·· CHER = 261
  Creativity : An Interview with Margaret Atwood / GABRIELE METZLER = 277
  Working with Margaret Atwood / ELLEN SELIGMAN = 287
  Charted and Uncharted Courses / NAN A. TALESE = 289
  On Loyalty and Love / LIZ CALDER = 291
  Representing Margaret Atwood / PHOEBE LARMORE = 293
  Assisting Margaret Atwood / SARAH COOPER = 295
  Reminiscing / HELMUT FRIELINGHAUS = 296
  On Translating Margaret Atwood / BRIGITTE WALITZEK = 299
  The J-Stroke / ARNULF CONRADI = 301
  Margaret Atwood in Statements by Fellow Writers = 305
CARTOONS BY AND ON MARGARET ATWOOD = 311
Bibliography = 319
Notes on the Contributors = 325
Index = 335