Rufus Wilmot Griswold (13 February 1815-27 August 1857), editor and the most famous anthologist of his day, was born in Benson, Vermont, the twelfth child of Rufus and Deborah Griswold. Young Rufus gr...
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Since Rufus Wilmot Griswold is known chiefly as the infamous literary executor of Edgar Allan Poe and as an anthologist of some good and much bad poetry, his critical views are of interest only to the...
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold, in his day, was an influential critic, editor, and compiler of literary anthologies. Although his historical importance is rarely questioned, his critical abilities and supposed...
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Rufus Wilmot Griswold