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Critical Insights: Margaret Atwood by 
Twenty-first-century Canadian writers
Encyclopedia of literature in Canada"The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. "
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