Examining�her�dynamic and perpetually�progressing nature as a writer, this collection of essays on Margaret Atwood tackles a multiplicity of issues, from the destruction of the environment, the role of women in society, and the spiritual alienation caused by consumerism, to�the desensitizing nature of mass culture, the loss of individual liberties, and the responsibility of the writer and�limits of fiction. The volume's�contributors include Gayle Greene, Coral Howells, Lorna Irvine, Stephanie Lovelady, Susan Jaret McKinstry, Jennifer Murray, Caterina Ricciardi, Barbara Hill Rigney, and Roberta Rubenstein.