The English Patient Summary
Michael Ondaatje

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4 Literature Criticisms
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The English Patient Summary

Michael Ondaatje, previously known as a poet, received immense critical and popular acclaim for The English Patient. The book earned The Booker Prize for best novel of 1992.

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

The English Patient

4,529 words, approx. 16 pages

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Michael Ondaatje was born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in 1943. Educated in Sri Lanka and England, he immigrated to Canada in 1962. A poet and novelist, Ondaatj... Read more

Michael Ondaatje Biographies (2)

Michael Ondaatje

1,791 words, approx. 6 pages

Once a highly regarded denizen of a burgeoning Canadian literary scene in the early 1970s, Michael Ondaatje (born 1943) has since gone on to achieve international renown for his poetry and fiction. Hi... Read more

(Philip) Michael Ondaatje

5,352 words, approx. 18 pages

Winner of two Governor General's awards for poetry, Michael Ondaatje is one of the most brilliant and acclaimed of that impressive group of Canadian poets who first published in the 1960s, a group tha... Read more

Essays & Analysis (9)

Critical Essay by David Roxborough

8,033 words, approx. 27 pages

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Critical Essay by Sharyn Emery

2,186 words, approx. 8 pages

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Critical Essay by Susan Ellis

6,213 words, approx. 21 pages

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Critical Essay by Bill Fledderus

14,876 words, approx. 50 pages

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Identity Crisis in The English Patient

603 words, approx. 3 pages

Throughout the telling of the English Patient's story, a certain theme has been evident in the actions and reactions of the characters. This theme pertains to carving one's own identity and the unavo... Read more

Passion, Unattainable Passion

1,602 words, approx. 6 pages

A reoccurring theme is not an uncommon happening. Love, passion and racism are among the top few. In the novel The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje and the play The Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes ... Read more

Symbolism in the English Patient

1,367 words, approx. 5 pages

Micheal Ondaatje creates meaning and representation in The English Patient, through the structure of his novel. The author portrays the sequence of events in a non-linear fashion to incorporate them ... Read more

Film and Book Versions of "The English Patient"

475 words, approx. 2 pages

In the novel and film "The English Patient", we have seen the importance a variety of characters in many different ways. At various points during the film the director places much emphasis on certai... Read more

Culture and Values

2,350 words, approx. 8 pages

Write an essay in which you discuss how culture and values are represented in the two texts you have studied this year as well as in the stimulus material. Culture and values refer to the shared soc... Read more

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