Rufus Wilmot Griswold

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold was a 19th-century American editor, anthologist, and critic best known for his influential poetry collections and his controversial relationship with Edgar Allan Poe.

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold canonical 2
Rufus W. Griswold 1

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instanceOf anthologist ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1815-02-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1857-08-27 ⓘ
edited Female Poets of America ⓘ
Graham's Magazine ⓘ
The Poets and Poetry of America ⓘ
The Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century ⓘ
The Prose Writers of America ⓘ
educatedAt Baptist ministry (informal theological training) ⓘ
employer Graham's Magazine ⓘ
The New York Evening Mirror ⓘ
linked to: The Evening Mirror

The New-York Tribune ⓘ
linked to: New-York Tribune

The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ
familyName Griswold ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry anthology ⓘ
givenName Rufus ⓘ
hasInfluenced reception of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement 19th-century American literature ⓘ
name Rufus Wilmot Griswold ⓘ
notableFor editing influential 19th-century American poetry anthologies ⓘ
his controversial relationship with Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
shaping the canon of 19th-century American poetry ⓘ
writing a hostile memoir of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
notableWork Female Poets of America ⓘ
The Poets and Poetry of America ⓘ
The Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century ⓘ
The Prose Writers of America ⓘ
occupation anthologist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Benson, Vermont ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Caroline Searles ⓘ
Charlotte Myers ⓘ
Harriet McCrillis ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
wrote "Memoir of the Author" (biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe) ⓘ

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Graham's Magazine → notableEditor → Rufus Wilmot Griswold ⓘ
Griswold → hasNotableBearer → Rufus W. Griswold ⓘ
linked to: Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Rufus Wilmot Griswold → name → Rufus Wilmot Griswold ⓘ