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The calculus of love and nightmare: The Handmaid's Tale and the dystopian tradition
The Handmaid’s Tale is a gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic… more →
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Comic Book Outsiders Episode 63
comicbookoutsiders wrote 2 weeks ago: After a long news and reviews section featuring a spoiler-free chat about the first episode of V and … more →
The calculus of love and nightmare: The Handmaid's Tale and the dystopian tradition
ncowie wrote 2 weeks ago: The Handmaid’s Tale is a gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic r … more →
"I love my books," says Prospero and I!
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bonniezink wrote 2 weeks ago: This quote spoke to me as I was reading the morning emails: “Books written out of fire give me … more →
The Commander
ncowie wrote 1 month ago: This post is about the Commander. We see his type in some of the other texts we have studied. He is … more →
The Handmaid's Tale and Humanity
ncowie wrote 1 month ago: The texts we have studied have provoked much discussion on the theme of humanity. In the novel Offre … more →
Themes in The Handmaid's Tale - Freedom
ncowie wrote 1 month ago: In The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood discusses different types of freedom. As we have discus … more →
Comic Book Outsiders Episode 62
comicbookoutsiders wrote 1 month ago: In this episode Scott and Steve start off with some TV talk – some good, some worrying and som … more →
Should The Handmaid's Tale be banned?
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ncowie wrote 1 month ago: I know that some of you didn’t enjoy the novel but should it be banned from schools? Margaret … more →
Book Review: The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
jenniferastle wrote 1 month ago: We all have that author. That author who has shaped our perceptions of fiction (or non-fiction, per … more →
Setting essay - The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: Still adding essays to moodle and I added material to research for those of you emailing with questi … more →
Moodle update - The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: I have added lots of student written essays to the site and more material on The Handmaid’s Ta … more →
Oh Wow, It's Fall! Book 5: MARGARET ATWOOD
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bookgroupmagazine wrote 2 months ago: Margaret Atwood’s new book, The Year of the Flood: A Novel, goes on sale tomorrow (September 2 … more →
A recent link to The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: In this 2009 article Domenica Marchetta reflects on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and Atwo … more →
Repressions of a new day - The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: If you are looking for some extra reading on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale try P … more →
100 Sci Fi women #4: Offred
godardsletterboxes wrote 2 months ago: Lest it appear that women must wield guns to appear in this list, a change of pace… Offred T … more →
More from Friday -Winston and Offred
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: On Friday we were talking about the ways in which Nineteen Eighty-Four and The Handmaid’s Tale were … more →
Technology and The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 2 months ago: In The Handmaid’s Tale technology seems to have reversed. Gilead is no techno-dystopia, we see that … more →
A link between 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale
ncowie wrote 3 months ago: The Handmaid’s Tale has been compared to other cautionary tales, such as Brave New World and N … more →
The Handmaid's Tale as a study of power
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ncowie wrote 3 months ago: Some critics have called The Handmaid’s Tale a feminist text. ”Novels are not slogans,” … more →
