Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer on Writing - Couverture souple

Atwood, Margaret

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1844080277 ISBN 13 : 9781844080274

Editeur : Virago Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Virago Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1844080277
• ISBN 13: 9781844080274
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible