Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) [Library Binding]

Harold Bloom (Editor), Margaret Atwood (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2001 | Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations

Atwood's best-known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property.

The title, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Margaret Atwood, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Library Binding: 188 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079105926X
• ISBN-13: 978-0791059265
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful as a study guide., October 12, 2009

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This review is from: Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Guides) (Hardcover)

This is a useful study guide to help better understand the text. Not to be used instead of the novel. Better to just read the novel. I have caught many students passing off papers as their own that came from this study guide.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why Would Anyone Give This Only 4 Stars?, April 21, 2005

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This review is from: Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Guides) (Hardcover)

This is easily the most impactful book I have ever read. It is brilliant, in every sense of the word. Every woman should own a copy! "Progressed" men will benefit, too. If you can avoid reading the reviews of this book that describe the whole thing, you'll enjoy it a lot more. I hate when people tell me the story before I get a chance to read it. Be prepared, this book has a strong message.

2 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not all that, June 9, 2008

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LH "Just Ducky!" (Eastern seaboard) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) (Library Binding)

I read this book expecting a lot more from Margaret Atwood; all I hear about her is high praise.

This book read like a boring diary. I think she intended it to be a allegory on loss of civil rights, esp for women but it's just boring.