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Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood

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Author Biography

Name: Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Birth Date: 1939
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female
Occupations: author, novelist, poet, cultural activist

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Biography of Margaret (Eleanor) Atwood
9683 words, approx. 32.3 pages
One of Canada's most public literary personalities, Margaret Atwood has made her reputation as much as by being versatile as by being controversial. As a poet she has to date produced ten volumes of verse, and since her early university days, she has pub...
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Biography of Margaret Atwood
6447 words, approx. 21.5 pages
The author of over sixty books, Margaret Atwood holds a unique position in contemporary Canadian literature. "Atwood is arguably the most recognizable writer in the country," noted John Bemrose in Maclean's. Likewise, Ann Marie Lipinski, writing in the C...
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Biography of Margaret (Eleanor) Atwood
5060 words, approx. 16.9 pages
Margaret Atwood is arguably the most prominent contemporary Canadian writer. Best known for her novels, Atwood is also admired for her accomplishments as a poet, critic, essayist, and short-story writer, and she has contributed as well to children's fict...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Lady Oracle Information
1,465 words, approx. 5 pages
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News and Journals
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Marvels & Tales
The Bluebeard Syndrome in Atwood's Lady Oracle: Fear and Femininity
07/01/2005: 10,516 words, approx. 35 pages
Why is there such a wide readership for books that essentially say, "Your husband is trying to kill you"? People aren't interested in pop culture books out of some pure random selection. They connect with something real in people's lives. Margaret Atwood to...
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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Grant-Lee Phillips goes solo to create masterpiece 'Ladies Love Oracle'.(Time Out!)(Review) (sound recording review)
03/10/2000: 1,027 words, approx. 3 pages
Grant-Lee Phillips, "Ladies Love Oracle," (Magnetic Field Recordings) 1/2 On their first three albums, Grant Lee Buffalo produced inventive guitar rock steeped in rustic-folk and Southern gothic - part R.E.M., part Flannery O'Connor. But the band's last release, 1998's "Jubilee,"...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Marilyn Patton
6,282 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Patton analyzes Atwood's use of goddess mythology in Lady Oracle.
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Critical Essay by J. Brooks Bouson
5,693 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following excerpt, Bouson explores the psychology of the protagonist in Lady Oracle.
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Critical Essay by Elspeth Cameron
2,550 words, approx. 9 pages
Atwood's central theme in [Lady Oracle and Dancing Girls] is the "self,"… a complex and fascinating mixture of reality and fantasy. Playing a part, or, as Atwood would put it, dancing a role, involves difficult decisions. Mainly it means choosing between a private and a public life…. Both in Lady Oracle and Dancing Girls the "self" competes with one or more "roles" for center stage. With characteristic wit, Atwood explores the tensions involved ...
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Essay Grade: 98%
Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood - Themes
618 words, approx. 2 pages
This essay explores the themes of change, self-perception, happiness and self-worth in Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood. It explains how techniques are used to support these things.


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Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood

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