From Nowhere: Utopian and Dystopian Visions of our - Chris J. Young

69. Margaret Atwood.
Atwood Papers: The
Handmaid’s Tale
drafts.
This selection from the
Margaret Atwood Papers
reveals each stage of the
writing and publishing
process of a single page of
The Handmaid’s Tale, drawn
from the second chapter
‘Shopping.’ Since the majority
of contemporary literary
works are now produced with
the aid of a word processor,
the number of surviving
hand or typewritten drafts is
dwindling. This selection of
text highlights the editorial
process as it was before the
rise of computers as a medium
for composition.
69. Atwood Papers: The Handmaid’s Tale drafts.
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