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Author Wilson, Sharon Rose.

Title Margaret Atwood's fairy-tale sexual politics / Sharon Rose Wilson.

Publication Info. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [1993]
©1993

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  818.54 W69    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  818 A887YW    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 430 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [390]-409) and index.
Contents 1. Intertextual contexts and purposes : fairy tales and the Medusa artist -- 2. Sexual politics in Atwood's visual art : "Fitcher's bird" and the Triple goddess -- 3. Cannibalism and metamorphosis in The Edible woman : "The Robber bridegroom" -- 4. Decapitation, cannibalism, and rebirth in Surfacing : "The Juniper tree" and French-Canadian tales -- 5. Dancing for others in Lady oracle : the Triple goddess and "The Red shoes" -- 6. Frozen touch in You are happy : the Rapunzel syndrome and "The Girl without hands" -- 7. Regrowing touch in Life before man : "The Girl without hands" and The Wizard of Oz -- 8. The artist's marriage to death in Bodily harm : "The Robber bridegroom" and "The Girl without hands" -- 9. Bluebeard's forbidden room in Interlunar and "Bluebeard's egg: "Fitcher's bird," "The White snake," and other tales -- 10. Off the path to grandma's house in The Handmaid's tale : "Little red cap" -- 11. Cat's eye vision : "Rapunzel" and "The Snow queen"
Subject Atwood, Margaret, 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Feminism and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Fairy tales -- Canada -- History and criticism.
Fairy tales in literature.
Folklore in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Myth in literature.
Intertextuality.
ISBN 0878056394 alkaline paper
9780878056392 alkaline paper
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