Shannon Wells-Lassagne and Fiona McMahon (eds.). Adapting Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale and Beyond

The recent adaptations of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) and Alias Grace (1996) into TV series by platforms Hulu and Netflix have increased the already remarkable influence of Atwood’s work by expanding the modalities of its reception internationally. Their overall success and critica...

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Julkaisussa:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces,
Päätekijä: Benoit, Laura
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Anglais
Julkaistu: Interfaces 2023
Linkit:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Yhteenveto:The recent adaptations of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) and Alias Grace (1996) into TV series by platforms Hulu and Netflix have increased the already remarkable influence of Atwood’s work by expanding the modalities of its reception internationally. Their overall success and critical acclaim, although sometimes mitigated, has introduced new iterations of Margaret Atwood’s “protean poetics” (Côté 63) in our collective imagery. It would nevertheless be simplistic to reduce this...