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title: "3 Edna Longley Quotes - Famous Literary critic"
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# Edna Longley

(1940)   Literary Critic

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Edna Longley is a literary critic.

## Quick Facts About Edna Longley

Born December 24, 1940

Profession Literary Critic

## About Edna Longley

Irish literary critic... \| Edna Mary Longley, is an Irish literary critic and cultural commentator specialising in modern Irish and British poetry.

##  Quotes by Edna Longley

> [Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-longley/obviously-all-writers-all-artists-have-their-own-internal-critics-as/)

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> [I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-longley/i-think-that-literature-quite-often-emerges-from-areas-where-there/)

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> [Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edna-longley/poetry-is-often-very-critical-of-the-culture-from-which-it-emerges/)

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