Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index.
Margaret Atwood in her Canadian context / David Staines -- Biography/autobiography / Lorraine York -- Power politics : power and identity / Pilar Somacarrera -- Margaret Atwood's female bodies / Madeleine Davies -- Margaret Atwood and environmentalism / Shannon Hengen -- Margaret Atwood and history / Coomi S. Vevaina -- Home and nation in Margaret Atwood's later fiction / Eleanora Rao -- Margaret Atwood's humor / Marta Dvorak -- Margaret Atwood's poetry and poetics / Branko Gorjup -- Margaret Atwood's short stories and shorter fictions / Reingard M. Nischik -- Margaret Atwood's dystopian visions : The handmaid's tale and Oryx and Crake / Coral Ann Howells -- Blindness and survival in Margaret Atwood's major novels / Sharon R. Wilson