The Poets and Poetry of America was a popular anthology of American poetry collected by American literary critic and editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold. It was first published in 1842 and went into several
Title page of the 1855 edition of The Poets and Poetry of America
Frontispiece featuring images of popular poets including Richard Henry Dana Sr., William Cullen Bryant, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Charles Fenno Hoffman was allotted twice as much space as any other poet in the first edition of The Poets and Poetry of America.
Lewis Gaylord Clark
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Lewis Gaylord Clark was an American magazine editor, publisher, and literary critic best known for his role as editor and publisher of The Knickerbocker from 1834 to 1861. Under his leadership, The Kn
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…period. After its release, it was called "the most valuable publication of the season" in the April 23, 1842, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Critic Lewis Gaylord Clark considered it important to "become incorporated into the permanent undying literature of our age and nation". Some critics, however, did not agree with…
Engraving of Lewis Gaylord Clark (1855).