List of literary critics

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

A

1. Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938), England
2. Arthur Henry Adams (1872-1936), Australia / New Zealand
3. John Aikin (1747-1822), England
4. James Arbuckle (1700-1742?), Ireland
5. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), England
6. Thomas Arnold (1823-1900), England
7. Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915-1991), Australia
8. W.H. Auden (1907-1973), England / United States

B

1. Paul Batchelor (born 1977), England
2. James Bannister (?1750-1816 fl.), England
3. Edward Baugh (born 1936), Jamaica
4. Joseph Warren Beach (1880-1957), United States
5. Patricia Beer (1919-1999), England
6. Richard Bentley (1662-1742), England
7. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), United States
8. John Peale Bishop (1892-1944), United States
9. R.P. Blackmur (1904-1965), United States
10. E.D. Blodgett (born 1935), Canada
11. Harold Bloom (born 1930), United States
12. Edmund Blunden (1896-1974), England
13. Louise Bogan (1897-1970), United States
14. Amy Bonner (1891-1955), United States
15. William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), England
16. Di Brandt (born 1952), Canada
17. John Le Gay Brereton (1871-1933), Australia
18. John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1998), United States
19. Stopford A. Brooke (1832-1916), Ireland
20. Cleanth Brooks (1906-1994), United States
21. E.K. Brown (1905-1951), Canada
22. Sterling A. Brown (1901-1989), United States
23. Francis Fisher Browne (1843-1913), United States
24. Howard Buck (1894-1947), United States
25. Stephen Burt (born 1971), United States

C

1. Harry J. Cargas (1932-1998), United States
2. Hayden Carruth (1921-2008), United States
3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), England
4. W.E. Collin (1893-1984), Canada
5. Charles Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), England
6. John Churton Collins (1848-1908), England
7. William John Courthope (1842-1917), England
8. Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989), United States
9. T.W.H. Crosland (1865-1924), England

D

1. Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (1787-1879), United States
2. George Darley (1795-1846), Ireland
3. Frank Davey (born 1940), Canada
4. Edward L. Davison (1898-1970), Scotland / United States
5. John Dennis (1657-1734), England
6. Aubrey Thomas de Vere (1814-1902), Ireland
7. Wentworth Dillon (?1633-1685), England
8. Sandra Djwa (born 1939), Canada
9. K.V. Dominic (born 1956), India
10. Jeffery Donaldson (born 1960), Canada
11. Edward Dowden (1843-1913), Ireland
12. Nathan Drake (1766-1836), England
13. John Drinkwater (1882-1937), England
14. John Dryden (1631-1700), England
15. Andrew Duncan (born 1956), England
16. Douglas Dunn (born 1942), Scotland
17. Rachel Blau DuPlessis (born 1941), United States
18. Alexander Dyce (1798-1869), Scotland

E

1. Leon Edel (1907-1997), Canada / United States
2. Pelham Edgar (1871-1948), Canada
3. David Eggleton (born 1952), New Zealand
4. T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), United States / England
5. William Empson (1906-1984), England
6. Paul Engle (1908-1991), United States
7. D.J. Enright (1920-2002), England

F

1. James Fenton (born 1949), England
2. Ian Fletcher (1920-1988), England
3. Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939), England
4. John Frederick Freeman (1880-1929), England
5. Northrop Frye (1912-1991), Canada

G

1. Keith Garebian (born 1943), Canada
2. Richard Garnett (1835-1906), England
3. H.W. Garrod (1878-1960), England
4. Sandra M. Gilbert (born 1936), United States
5. Susan Glickman (born 1953), Canada
6. Michael Gnarowski (born 1934), Canada
7. Rigoberto González (born 1970), United States
8. Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), England
9. Robert Graves (1895-1985), England
10. Richard Greene (born 1961), Canada
11. Horace Gregory (1898-1982), United States
12. Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1812-1857), United States
13. Allen Grossman (1932-2014), United States
14. Charles Guenther (1920-2008), United States
15. Jason Guriel (born 1978), Canada

H

Leigh Hunt

1. John Wesley Hales (1836-1914), England
2. Michael Hamburger (1924-2007), England
3. Kevin Hart (born 1954), Australia
4. Lawrence Hart (1901-1996), United States
5. Robert Bernard Hass (born 1962), United States
6. Beatrice Hastings (1879-1943), England
7. Brooks Haxton (born 1950), United States
8. Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830-1886), United States
9. William Hazlitt (1778-1830), England
10. Henry Headley (1765-1788), England
11. John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006), England
12. William Ernest Henley (1849-1903), England
13. Thomas K. Hervey (1799-1859), England
14. Edward Hirsch (born 1950), United States
15. Allen Hoey (1952-2010), United States
16. Michael Hofmann (born 1957), England
17. David Holbrook (123-2011), England
18. John Hollander (1929-2013), United States
19. John Holloway (1920-1999), England
20. Jeremy Hooker (born 1941), Wales
21. A.D. Hope (1907-2000), Australia
22. Richard Henry Horne (1802-1884), England / Australia
23. William Dean Howells (1837-1920), United States
24. T.E. Hulme (1883-1917), England
25. Michael Hulse (born 1955), England
26. Leigh Hunt (1784-1856), England 

J

Samuel Johnson

1. Clive James (born 1939), England
2. Randall Jarrell (1914-1965), United States
3. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), England
4. D.G. Jones (1929-2016), Canada
5. Howard Mumford Jones (1892-1980), United States
6. John Jones (1924-2016), England
7. John Jordan (1930-1988), Ireland

K

Smaro Kamboureli

1. Smaro Kamboureli (born 1955), Canada
2. W.J. Keith (born 1934), Canada
3. Tim Kendall (born 1970), England
4. Hugh Kenner (1923-2003), Canada
5. W.P. Ker (1825-1923), Scotland
6. Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), United States
7. Adam Kirsch (born 1976), United States

L

1. Andrew Lang (1844-1912), Scotland
2. F.R. Leavis (1895-1978), England
3. Dennis Lee (born 1939), Canada
4. Michael Lista (born 1983), Canada
5. John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), Scotland
6. William Logan (born 1950), United States

M

Edmond Malone

1. Nathaniel Mackey (born 1947), United States
2. Archibald MacMechan (1862-1933), Canada
3. Edmond Malone (1741-1812), Ireland
4. Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canada
5. James McAuley (1917-1976), Australia
6. J.D. McClatchy (born 1945), United States
7. H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), United States
8. Francis Meres (1565-1647), England
9. William Minto (1845-1893), Scotland
10. Marion Montgomery (1925-2011), United States
11. Elizabeth Moody (1737-1814), England
12. George P. Morris (1802-1864), United States
13. Howard Moss (1982-1987), United States
14. Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908), United States
15. Edwin Muir (1887-1959), Orkney Islands
16. John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), England
17. Frederic W.H. Myers (1843-1901), England

N

Yoni Noguchi

1. Leonard E. Nathan (1924-2007), United States
2. Howard Nemerov (1920-1991), United States
3. John Neal (1793-1876), United States
4. W.H. New (born 1938), Canada
5. Gerald Nicosia (born 1949), United States
6. Yone Noguchi (1875-1947), Japan, United States
7. Christopher North (1785-1854), Scotland

O

1. Geoffrey O'Brien (born 1948), United States
2. Sean O'Brien (born 1952), England
3. Thomas O'Hagan (1855-1939), Canada
4. Meghan O'Rourke (born 1976), United States
5. David Orr (born 1974), United States
6. Fintan O’Toole (born 1958), Ireland

P

Francis Turner Palgrave

1. Desmond Pacey (1917-1975), Canada
2. Francis Turner Palgrave (1824-1897), England
3. Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), England
4. Jay Parini (born 1948), United States
5. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967), United States
6. Thomas Parkinson (1920-1992), United States
7. Walter Pater (1839-1894), England
8. Coventry Patmore (1823-1896), England
9. Tom Paulin (born 1949), England
10. Bob Perelman (born 1947), United States
11. Marjorie Perloff (born 1931), United States
12. Robert Peters (1924-2014), United States
13. Lorne Pierce (1890-1961), Canada
14. Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895-1969), England
15. Mark Pirie (born 1974), New Zealand
16. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), United States
17. Robert Polito (born 1951), United States
18. Ezra Pound (1885-1972), United States
19. John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), Wales
20. Kevin Prufer (born 1969), United States
21. George Puttenham (1529-1590), England

Q

1. Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), England

R

John Crowe Ransom

1. Ernest Radford (1857-1919), England
2. Craig Raine (born 1944), England
3. Kathleen Raine (1908-2003), England
4. John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974), United States
5. Herbert Read (1893-1968), England
6. Henry Hope Reed (1808-1854), United States
7. Joan Retallack (born 1941), United States
8. James Richardson (born 1950), United States
9. Edgell Rickword (1898-1982), England
10. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803), England
11. Jessie B. Rittenhouse (1869-1948), United States
12. Richard Roderick (1710-1756), England
13. William Caldwell Roscoe (1823-1859), England
14. Malcolm Ross (1911-2002), Canada
15. John Ruskin (1819-1900), England
16. Thomas Rymer (1641-1713), England

S

F.R. Scott

Vijay Seshadri

Richard Steele

1. George Saintsbury (1845-1933), England
2. Peter Sanger (born 1943), Canada
3. Dan Schneider (born 1965), United States
4. Stephen Scobie (born 1943), Canada
5. F.R. Scott (1899-1985), Canada
6. Vijay Seshadri (born 1954), United States
7. John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885), Scotland
8. David Shapiro (born 1947), United States
9. Iain Sharp (born 1953), New Zealand
10. Eli Siegel (1902-1978), United States
11. Ron Silliman (orn 1946), United States
12. George Augustus Simcox (1841-1905), England
13. Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), England
14. David R. Slavitt (born 1935), United States
15. Vivian Smith (born 1933), Australia
16. David Solway (born 1941), Canada
17. Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006), United States
18. Juliana Spahr (born 1966), United States
19. Joseph Spence (1699-1768), England
20. J.C. Squire (1884-1958), England
21. Radcliffe Squires (1917-1993), United States
22. Carmine Starnino (born 1970), Canada
23. Jon Stallworthy (born 1935), England
24. C.K. Stead (born 1932), New Zealand
25. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), United States
26. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), England
27. A.G. Stephens (1865-1933), Australia
28. Susan Stewart (born 1952), United States
29. Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), United States
30. Marion Strobel (1895-1967), United States
31. John Sutherland (1919-1956), Canada
32. Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), England
33. Arthur Symons (1865-1945), England

T

1. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), United States
2. William Taylor (1765-1836), England
3. William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923), United States
4. Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005), United States
5. Anthony Thwaite (1930-2021), England
6. Angela Topping (born 1954), England
7. Richard Marggraf Turley (born 1970), Wales

U

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

V

1. Mark Van Doren (1894-1972), United States
2. Pasquale Verdicchio (born 1954), Canada

W

Edmund Wilson

1. John Wain (1925-1994), England
2. William Sidney Walker (1795-1846), England
3. Adolphus William Ward (1837-1924), England
4. Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), United States
5. Joseph Warton (1722-1800), England
6. Thomas Warton (1728-1790), England
7. Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914), England
8. William Webbe (1568-1591 fl.), England 
9. Zachariah Wells (born 1976), Canada 
10. Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886), England 
11. Elizabeth Willis (born 1961), United States 
12. Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867), United States 
13. Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), United States
14. John Wilson (1785-1854), Scotland
15. Yvor Winters (1900-1968), United States
16. George E. Woodberry (1855-1930), United States
17. George Woodcock (1912-1995), Canada

Y

1. Stephen Yenser (born 1941), United States