List of literary critics

The following list of literary critics includes literary critics who have written in the English language, irrespective of country or time period. When known, the critic's time period and country are given.

A

 * 1) Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
 * 2) Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), England

B

 * 1) Harold Bloom (born 1930), United States
 * 2) John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1998), United States
 * 3) E.K. Brown (1905-1951), Canada
 * 4) Francis Fisher Browne (1843-1913), United States
 * 5) Stephen Burt, United States

C

 * 1) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), England
 * 2) W.E. Collin (1893-1984), Canada

D

 * 1) Sandra Djwa (born 1939), Canada
 * 2) Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Ireland
 * 3) Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), United States

E

 * 1) Leon Edel (1907-1997), Canada / United States
 * 2) Pelham Edgar (1871-1948), Canada
 * 3) T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), United States / England
 * 4) D.J. Enright (1920-2002), England

F

 * 1) Northrop Frye (1912-1991), Canada

G

 * 1) Michael Gnarowski (born 1934), Canada
 * 2) Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
 * 3) Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1812-1857), United States

H

 * 1) Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830-1886), United States
 * 2) William Hazlitt (1778-1830), England
 * 3) William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), England
 * 4) John Holloway (1920-1999), England
 * 5) Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
 * 6) Leigh Hunt (1784-1856), England

J

 * 1) Clive James (born 1939), England
 * 2) Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), United States
 * 3) Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), England

K

 * 1) W.J. Keith (born 1934), Canada
 * 2) Hugh Kenner (1923-2003), Canada

L

 * 1) William Logan (born 1950), United States

M

 * 1) H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), United States
 * 2) Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814), England
 * 3) Howard Moss (1982-1987), United States
 * 4) Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
 * 5) Frederic W.H. Myers (1843-1901), England

N

 * 1) W.H. New (born 1938), Canada

O

 * 1) David Orr (born 1974), United States
 * 2) Fintan O’Toole (born 1958), Ireland

P

 * 1) Desmond Pacey (1917-1975), Canada
 * 2) Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), England
 * 3) Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), England
 * 4) Walter Pater (1839-1894), England
 * 5) Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
 * 6) Marjorie Perloff (born 1931), United States
 * 7) Lorne Pierce (1890-1961), Canada
 * 8) Robert Polito (born 1951), United States

R

 * 1) Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
 * 2) John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), United States
 * 3) Malcolm Ross (1911-2002), Canada
 * 4) John Ruskin (1819-1900), England

S

 * 1) Dan Schneider (born 1965), United States
 * 2) Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
 * 3) Eli Siegel (1902-1978), United States
 * 4) Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England
 * 5) David Solway (born 1941), Canada
 * 6) Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canada
 * 7) Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
 * 8) Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), United States
 * 9) Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), United States
 * 10) Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), England

T

 * 1) Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), United States
 * 2) William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923), United States

U

 * 1) Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977), United States

V

 * 1) Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954), Canada

W

 * 1) William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
 * 2) Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914), England
 * 3) Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), United States
 * 4) Yvor Winters (1900-1968), United States
 * 5) George Woodcock (1912-1995), Canada

Y

 * 1) Stephen Yenser (born 1941), United States