"There is so much silence between the words..."
             An Overview of Works, Styles, and Themes
             Margaret Atwood has written a great number of novels and other forms of literature. The
             major press editions are as follows:
             1970, The Journals of Susanna Moodie
             1987, Selected Poems II: Poems Selected and New, 1976-1986
             1969, The Edible Woman 1985, The Handmaid's Tale
             1972, Surfacing 1988, Cat's Eye
             1976, Lady Oracle 1993, The Robber Bride
             1979, Life Before Man 1996, Alias Grace
             1995, Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut
             1972, Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature
             1982, Second Words: Selected Critical Prose
             1995, Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature
             1982, The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English
             1986, The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English
             1989, The Best American Short Stories
             1995, The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English
             Although many have used Margaret Atwoods style of writing poetry, not one has yet to
             compete with her words. Typically, Margaret sticks to formal style of poetry, using
             original text with separated stanzas. Margarets stlye of writing gives an overwhelming
             effect to the reader; moreover, her style of writing adjusts to the theme of the particular
             The essential features of Atwood's fictions and poetry has been described as a search for
             a personal and national identity. Survival is a central theme throughout her works, as is
             Margaret Atwood was born in Ottawa, Ontario, on November 18, 1939. Because her
             father was a forest entomologist, Atwood spent most of her childhood living in the
             Canadian Wilderness. During the eight months of each year that her father did insect
             research in the forest, the Atwood family lived in "a cabin with a wood stove and several
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