TY - BOOK AU - Kuznicki,Slawomir TI - Margaret Atwood's dystopian fiction: fire is being eaten SN - 9781443883672 AV - PR9199 .M374 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Atwood, Margaret, KW - English fiction KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Copyright Acknowledgments; Works Cited; 2; b N2 - This volume details Margaret Atwood's dystopian novels through the themes of the ambivalent ethics of science and technology, the position of women in the male-dominated world, and the ambiguous role played by religion and spirituality. The book's unique and original approach places Atwood's fiction within the contemporary world, with all the problems of our fast-changing reality. Furthermore, it provides an excellent reading of her dystopias in a broader, humanist context, with an emphasis on the social, cultural and political issues that have been important for both her, the writer, and us UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1517771&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -