Author:Rufus Wilmot Griswold

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Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857)

sister projects: Wikipedia article, Commons gallery. An American anthologist, editor and critic. He had a substantial feud with Edgar Allan Poe that continued after Poe's death.

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

Works

Poetry collections

• The Cypress Wreath: A Book of Consolation (1844)
• Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads (1844)

Individual poems

• "Sights from My Window" (1840)
• "The Sunset Storm" (1842)

Nonfiction

• Death of Edgar Allan Poe (1849)
• The Republican Court or, American Society in the Days of Washington (1854)

Collections as editor

• Biographical Annual (1841)
• The Poets and Poetry of America (1842, first of several editions)
• Gems from American Female Poets (1842)
• Readings in American Poetry for the Use of Schools (1843)
• Curiosities of American Literature (1844)
• The Poets and Poetry of England in the Nineteenth Century (1844)
• The Prose Works of John Milton (1845)
  • "Biographical introduction"
• The Poets and Poetry of England (1845)
• Poetry of the Sentiments (1846)
• Scenes in the Life of the Savior (1846)
• Prose Writers of America (1847)
• Female Poets of America (1848)
• The Sacred Poets of England and America (1848)
• Gift Leaves of American Poetry (1849)
• Poetry of the Flowers (1850)
• The Gift of Affection (1853)
• Gift of Flowers, or Love's Wreath (1853)
• Gift of Love (1853)
• Gift of Sentiment (1854)

Works about Griswold

• The Cambridge History of American Literature/Preface
• Mentioned in "The Angel of the Odd" (1844) by Edgar Allan Poe
• A Fable for Critics (1848) by James Russell Lowell

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.