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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Is it me, or is there a slight feminist tinge to the novels of Margaret Atwood? 
I don't go for writers with an unsubtle political agenda, and I think some female 'literary' authors lay it on a bit thick (Fay Weldon, A. S, Byatt et al). That's not to say men don't do it too, e.g. 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' and 'His Dark Materials' both suffer from heavy-handed pontificating.
But I feel many women writers, perhaps from a justified sense of grievance, can't resist delivering a 'message' of some sort or other; and it is seldom acheived without harming the book. |
I'm sure you're right about Atwood's feminist tinge, although for me it doesn't get in the way of the book as her political agenda does.