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ATWOOD, Margaret
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, Margaret Atwood
Born 18 November 1939
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canadian author and literary critic
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CitationContextSource LinkCitation “If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.” ~Irving Babbitt, Educator, critic & political theorist “Matthew Arnold” (2 August 1917) The Nation, Vol. CV, No. 2718, in volume The Nation, Vol. 105, July 1, 1917 – December 31, 1917, No. 2718, sec. IV, col. 1, p. 120; online via New York Public Library & Google Books, books.google.com Context Extended excerpt [Essay]: “Various views have been put forth as to the essence of democracy. If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is
CitationContextSource ISBNCitation “Readers are lucky – they will never be bored or lonely.” ~Natalie Babbitt, American author Contribution to Once Upon a Time…Celebrating the Magic of Children’s Books in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of Reading is Fundamental (1986) New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, p. 45 Context Extended excerpt [Essay contribution to a collection honoring the Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program]: “With books, your inner world has no walls. And in reading – and writing – stories, you can be many different people in many different places, doing things you would never have a chance to do in ordinary life. It’s amazing that those twenty-six little marks of the alphabet
ATWOOD, Margaret
Margaret Atwood