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Biographical Sketches of Prominent Individuals in Literature
"Much literary criticism comes from people for whom
extreme specialization is a cover
for either grave cerebral inadequacy
or terminal laziness,
the latter being a much cherished aspect of
academic freedom."
-- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Aasen, Ivar (1813-1896)
- Abauzit, Firmin (1679-1767)
- Abbott, Jacob
- Abbott, John Stevens Cabot
- Ŕ Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
- Addison, Joseph
- Aguilar, Grace
- Allibone, Samuel Austin (1816-1889)
- Albert of Aix (fl. c. A.D. 1100)
- Albery, James (1838-1889)
- Bryant, William Cullen
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Leland, Charles G.
- Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
- Madame Récamier
- Sanders, Lawrence
- Madame de Staël
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