TalonbooksSivumäärä: 178 sivuaAsu: Pehmeäkantinen kirjaJulkaisuvuosi: 1984, 14.02.1984 (lisätietoa)Kieli: Englanti Margaret Atwood's writing, according to Davey, reveals not only an extraordinary facility with language, but also a deep mistrust of it as something shaped by an instrumental and largely male culture. Her language directs its readers to a hidden level of itself -- unspoken, symbolic, gestural -- and away from denotative meaning. In discussions of her poetry, fiction, short stories, and criticism, Davey offers a 'glossary' of recurrent Atwood images and symbols that can open this hidden level in nearly all of her writing.