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Reincarnation Of Captain Cook

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood (1939–) is a prominent Canadian writer. She was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, but her formal schooling was frequently interrupted by extensive trips to the northern Ontario and Quebec, where her father did entomological research. In 1962 she graduated from the University of Toronto and also published her first book of poems. Atwood has held positions at English Departments at various Canadian universities. Apart from several volumes of poetry, her works include novels such as The Edible Woman (1969), Surfacing (1972), and The Robber’s Bride (1993), as well as volumes of short stories such as True Stories (1982) and Wilderness Tips (1991).

Atwood’s work seems to show a double ...

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