...the values ascribed to the Indian will depend on what the white writer feels about Nature, and America has always had mixed feelings about that. At one end of the spectrum is Thoreau, wishing to immerse himself in swamps for the positive vibrations; at the other end is Benjamin Franklin, who didn't like Nature. [p.91]

More recently Atwood has continued her exploration of the implications of Canadian literary themes for Canadian identity in lectures such as Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature (1995). Davidson.

She is a winner of the Arthur C. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history. While Margaret Atwood is best known for her work as a novelist Margaret Atwood is also a poet having publiMargaret Atwoodd fifteen books of poetry to date.