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Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. Literary History and Theoretical Background 1 The Classical Vision: Utopia, Dystopia, and Science Fiction 00 2 Demanding the Possible? The Artificiality of Boundaries 00 Part II. Textual Analyses 3 Rewriting the Colonization of Physical and Mental Space: Suzette Haden Elgin's Native Tongue Trilogy 000 4 Beyond Separate Worlds and War: Suzy McKee Charnas's Holdfast Series 000 5 The Poetic Discourse of the Split Self: Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale 000 Conclusion 000 Appendix: "First you are human": An Interview with Suzy McKee Charnas 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
Dystopias in literature.
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Women and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939- Handmaid's tale.
Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, Canadian -- History and criticism.
Elgin, Suzette Haden. Native tongue trilogy.
Charnas, Suzy McKee. Holdfast chronicles.
Imaginary societies in literature.
Deviant behavior in literature.
Dissenters in literature.
Dualism in literature.