Tag Archives: Margaret Atwood

Wanted: Poets to Fight Climate Change

To understand role poets can play in fighting climate change, go back to the Romantics and especially “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas

Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”

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Post of the Year: Plagues in Literature

A survey of literature through the ages that has dealt with plagues.

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The Sexual Politics of Circe-Odysseus

Miller’s novel “Circe” engages with a long tradition of Circe and Odysseus depictions, including those of Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Dante, Tennyson, and Atwood.

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Think of Amy Coney Barrett as Aunt Lydia

Given Amy Comey Barrett’s rightwing positions on abortion, healthcare, and LGBTQ rights, she can be compared to Aunt Lydia in Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Read to Grapple with Climate Change

Sian Cain uses literature to grapple with her decision, in light of climate change, not to have children.

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Atwood Gets the Authoritarian Mindset

In her sequel to “Handmaid’s Tale,” Atwood demonstrates a deep understanding of authoritarianism.

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Sci-Fi Provides Pandemic Guidance

Our society is currently split on the value of scientific expertise. That split goes back at least as far as Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.”

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A Literary Survey of What Plagues Mean

A survey of how literary authors have grappled for meaning in times of pestilence bolsters our own search. I look at Sophocles, Virgil, Defoe, Porter, Camus, King, Mandel, Atwood, and Erdrich.

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