Draft 'Handmaid's Tale' review
Title
Draft 'Handmaid's Tale' review
Description
Draft review by Lorna of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel. The article was later published in the Times Literary Supplement.
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'It was impossible to know, when The Handmaid's Tale first came out, what kind of impact it would have so much later, but it is interesting to see Lorna's insights about the narrative strategies that have made it so gripping for contemporary readers and audiences: '...the trick with dystopias is to establish the ordinary, normal quality of everyday life in hell...' '
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'It was impossible to know, when The Handmaid's Tale first came out, what kind of impact it would have so much later, but it is interesting to see Lorna's insights about the narrative strategies that have made it so gripping for contemporary readers and audiences: '...the trick with dystopias is to establish the ordinary, normal quality of everyday life in hell...' '
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Creator
Lorna Sage
Source
UEA Collection, UEA Archives
Publisher
University of East Anglia Archives
Rights
Sharon Tolaini-Sage. All rights reserved.
Format
jpeg image file
Type
Text
Original Format
paper
Collection
Tags
Citation
Lorna Sage, “Draft 'Handmaid's Tale' review,” HOME, accessed April 25, 2024, https://lornasagearchives.omeka.net/items/show/41.