Margaret Atwood Information Site Atwood's own web site at "O.W. Toad." Get it?
Study Guide for The Handmaid's Tale Very detailed and useful guide created by Paul Brians, Department of English, Washington State University.
Margaret Atwood WWW Resources With links to a number of essays on The Handmaid's Tale.
Tammy Faye Baker--Big Lash Queen Possible model for Serena Joy.
An
article on Atwood from Mother Jones by Margaret Pierce. The photo
and quote below are from this essay..
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If the 5-foot-3-inch Margaret Atwood were to stand on all the fiction, poetry, social history, criticism, and children's books she's written in the past 30 years, she'd be a literal -- not just literary -- giant. Atwood, whose novels include The Handmaid's Tale, Cat's Eye, and her latest, Alias Grace, is known for her wicked sense of humor and caustic tongue, which have inspired critics to label her "Medusa," "amusing duchess," and "quiet Mata Hari." |