Morning in the Burned House

Book of poetry by Margaret Atwood

First edition

Morning in the Burned House is a book of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published by McClelland and Stewart in 1995.

The book expresses themes, interests, and styles characteristic of Atwood’s poetry. These include attention to the landscape of the Canadian Shield, an air of foreboding, and poems addressed to an unspecified "you."[1]

However, the collection also explores two distinct concerns. The first is torture, in particular the torture of women, which Atwood confronts through the retelling of myths such as those of Cressida, Helen of Troy, and Sekhmet, the Egyptian lion-headed goddess of war.[1] Second, Atwood focuses a sequence of poems on aging and mortality by depicting and responding to her father's slow death from cancer.[2]

## Reception

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Morning in the Burned House was the co-winner of the 1995 Trillium Book Award in the English-language division.

## References

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1. ^ a b Abley, Mark (Jan 21, 1995), "The muse is back", The Gazette, pp. I. 1
2. ^ Morton, Colin (Jan 22, 1995), "Harnessing the power of poetry; Atwood should draw people back to verse", The Ottawa Citizen, pp. B. 3

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Works by Margaret Atwood

Novels|

* The Edible Woman (1969)
* Surfacing (1972)
* Lady Oracle (1976)
* Life Before Man (1979)
* Bodily Harm (1981)
* The Handmaid's Tale (1985)
* Cat's Eye (1988)
* The Robber Bride (1993)
* Alias Grace (1996)
* The Blind Assassin (2000)
* Oryx and Crake (2003)
* The Penelopiad (2005)
* The Year of the Flood (2009)
* MaddAddam (2013)
* The Heart Goes Last (2015)
* Hag-Seed (2016)
* The Testaments (2019)

Short fiction
collections|

* Dancing Girls (1977)
* Murder in the Dark (1983)
* Bluebeard's Egg (1983)
* Wilderness Tips (1991)
* Good Bones (1992)
* Good Bones and Simple Murders (1994)
* The Labrador Fiasco (1996)
* The Tent (2006)
* Moral Disorder (2006)
* Stone Mattress (2014)
* Old Babes in the Wood (2023)

Short stories|

* "Rape Fantasies" (1977)
* "The Resplendent Quetzal" (1977)
* "Happy Endings" (1983)
* "Unearthing Suite" (1983)
* "Freeforall" (1986)

Poetry
collections|

* Double Persephone (1961)
* The Circle Game (1964)
* Expeditions (1965)
* Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein (1966)
* The Animals in That Country (1968)
* The Journals of Susanna Moodie (1970)
* Procedures for Underground (1970)
* Power Politics (1971)
* You Are Happy (1974)
* Two-Headed Poems (1978)
* True Stories (1981)
* Interlunar (1984)
* Morning in the Burned House (1995)
* The Door (2007)
* Dearly (2020)

Non-fiction|

* Survival (1972)
* Negotiating with the Dead (2002)
* Writing with Intent (2005)
* Payback (2008)
* Burning Questions (2022)

Film and television|

* Heaven on Earth (1987)

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