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Benjamin Franklin V is Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus, at the University of South Carolina, having previously taught at the University of Michigan. He has published widely in early American literature, particularly that of Anaïs Nin, and edits Literary Criticism in Perspective for Camden House. He is also a long-time jazz writer and broadcaster, and a descendant of Benjamin Franklin.