Online resource for biographical and critical essays on the lives, works and careers of writers, with a focus on American and British authors. (Included in Gale Literature database)
"Widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world." Updates added every three months.
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