Adapting Margaret Atwood, Fachbücher von Shannon Wells-Lassagne, Fiona McMahon

This book engages with Margaret Atwood&rsquo,s work and its adaptations. Atwood has long been appreciated for her ardent defence of Canadian authors and her genre-bending fiction, essays, and poetry. However, a lesser-studied aspect of her work is Atwood&rsquo,s role both as adaptor and as source for adaptation in media as varied as opera, television, film, or comic books. Recent critically acclaimed television adaptations of the novels The Handmaid&rsquo,s Tale (Hulu) and Alias Grace (Amazon) have rightfully focused attention on these works, but Atwood&rsquo,s fiction has long been a source of inspiration for artists of various media, a seeming corollary to Atwood&rsquo,s own tendency to explore the possibilities of previously undervalued media (graphic novels), genres (science-fiction), and narratives (testimonial and historical modes). This collection hopes to expand on other studies of Atwood&rsquo,s work or on their adaptations to focus on the interplay between the two, providing an interdisciplinary approach that highlights the protean nature of the author and of adaptation.