Margaret Atwood’s Reception in Canada and the United States
A Comparative Analysis of North American Reviews of The Blind Assassin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12920451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reingard M Nischik (University of Konstanz, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 354-372 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Women s Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-1476 • E-ISSN: 1754-1484 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cww/vpx013 |
| OpenAlex | W2734508546 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Based on a large corpus of reviews from Canada and the USA and taking into account my recent large-scale study of the reception of Margaret Atwood’s earlier novels in both North American countries, this article investigates how the reviewer’s nationality and that of the review’s target audience factor into the reception of a writer’s works. This is exemplarily documented in a case study of Atwood’s novel The Blind Assassin (2000), published at the end of her middle creative period. What do the reviews focus on and are there any striking differences attributable to the national and cultural context the review was written in and for? Was the evaluative response to the novel in the two North American countries similar or did it deviate significantly
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Immigration · Media studies · Nationality · Period (music · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Short Stories in Global Literature · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |