English 2060E Lecture Notes - Tammy Faye Messner, Utopian And Dystopian Fiction, Jim Bakker
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As many critics and readers of canadian literature have noted, atwood is probably the best-known of canadian writers, having produced novels, poetry, children s books and cultural commentary from her first published work the circle game, which won a. Governor general s award in 1966 to her most recent series of essays, payback (2008) which seem to have prophesied the current global economic crisis. Lorraine york has argued, is her most compelling creation of all. Love her or hate her, however, atwood s contributions to canadian cultural identity and canadian literature cannot be ignored. Atwood has spent much of her life in toronto, though she was born in ottawa and spent time in northern ontario during much of her childhood. University of toronto with northrop frye and jay mcpherson, where she became interested in genres and mythic patterns, including the gothic.
