Margaret Atwood and the Female Bildungsroman

• Author(s): Ellen McWilliams,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 170
• ISBN_10: 0754660273
  ISBN_13: 9780754660279
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Women Authors , Literary Criticism / American / General ,

Description:... Examining Margaret Atwood's work in the context of the history of the Bildungsroman, the author explores how the genre has been appropriated by women writers in the later 20th century. She demonstrates that Atwood's early work both engages with and works against the paradigms of identity which are traditionally associated with the genre.