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&apos;s time period and country are given.

B

 * 1) Harold Bloom (born 1930), United States
 * 2) John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1998), United States
 * 3) E.K. Brown (1905-1951), Canada

C

 * 1) Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), England

E

 * 1) Leon Edel (1907-1997), United States
 * 2) T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), United States / England

F

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

G

 * 1) Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1812-1857), United States

J

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

K

 * 1) Hugh Kenner (1923-2003), Canada

L

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

M

 * 1) Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814), England
 * 2) Howard Moss (1982-1987), United States
 * 3) Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands

O

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

P

 * 1) Desmond Pacey (1917-1971), Canada
 * 2) Walter Pater (1839-1894), England
 * 3) Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
 * 4) Marjorie Perloff (born 1931), United States
 * 5) Lorne Pierce (1890-1961), Canada

R

 * 1) John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), United States
 * 2) John Ruskin (1819-1900), England

S

 * 1) Eli Siegel  (1902-1978), United States

U

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

W

 * 1) Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), United States
 * 2) Yvor Winters (1900-1968), United States