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title: "3 Critic Literary Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I thought it was a glorious thing to be a critic and to be a literary editor, and one was really doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-tomalin/i-thought-it-was-a-glorious-thing-to-be-a-critic-and-to-be-a-literary/)

[Claire Tomalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-tomalin/)

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> [Most of my professional work has been in these areas - as a historical critic, as a literary critic. I've done very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hershel-shanks/most-of-my-professional-work-has-been-in-these-areas-as-a-historical/)

[Hershel Shanks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hershel-shanks/)

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> [Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/edmund-wilson-was-our-greatest-american-literary-critic-because-he/)

[Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/)

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