To: Borges
"Atwood doesn't want her book pigeonholed as a simple minded political screed."
But that's what it was.
To: Steve_Seattle
I respectfully disagree. There were elements of the book that were critical of various academic theories like New Historicism and even Multiculturalism. The movie left out the ending of the novel which was inspired.
124 posted on
04/13/2006 7:18:19 AM PDT by
Borges
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