I was interested in reading a piece by Margaret Atwood because she's a very well known Canadian author and I have heard both negative and positive reviews about her work. I had never read anything by Margaret Atwood before and when I saw the list of books available for the independent study unit, I decided that Alias Grace would be a good choice for me to read.
Margaret Atwood was influenced by Victoria author Susanna Moodie, who herself had written an account on the scandal of Grace Marks and her murder conviction. Atwood wrote a series of poems based on Moodie's described experiences as a Canadian pioneer which she had published and titled Journals of Susanna Moodie, which then prompted her interest in the Grace Marks case. She had then started further research on the case and on the Victorian era herself in order to better understand the specifics, which is when she began to write Alias Grace. In the novel, Atwood goes more in depth about themes such as gender roles, social classes and feminine identity. Through her writing, Margaret Atwood has been classified as a fictional writer, cultural historian and a poet.
Other works by Margaret Atwood
- Double Persephone (poetry) 1961
- The Animals in That Country (poetry) 1968
- The Edible Woman (novel) 1969
- The Journals of Susanna Moodie: Poems (poetry) 1970
- Procedures for Underground (poetry) 1970
- Surfacing (novel) 1972
- Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (criticism) 1972
- The Servant Girl (teleplay) 1974
- Lady Oracle (novel) 1976
- Dancing Girls, and Other Stories (short stories) 1977
- Two-headed Poems (poetry) 1978
- Life before Man (novel) 1979
- The Handmaid's Tale (novel) 1985
- Cat's Eye (novel) 1988
- The Robber Bride (novel) 1993
- Alias Grace (novel) 1996
- The Blind Assassin (novel) 2000
- Oryx and Crake (novel) 2003
- The Penelopiad (novel) 2005
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