Literary Library

Walter Kirn

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...
Critic Essayist Essays Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Hayden Carruth

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...
Critic Literary Critic National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

James Baldwin

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987African-American novelist, playwright, poet and social criticAuthor of "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Notes of a ...
African American African American History Critic Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Theater Theatre

Irving Babbitt

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1869 - July 15, 1933American literary criticAuthor of "Literature and the American College", "Democracy and Leadership" and "Rousseau an...
Critic Literary Critic

Julia Briggs

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1943 - August 16, 2007English professor, literary critic and biographerAuthor of "Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Gho...
Bio Biographer Biography British Critic Edith Nesbit England English Ghost Ghost Story Great Britain Literary Critic Professor Teach Teacher University Virginia Woolf

Matthew Arnold

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...
British Critic Culture England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor School Teach Teacher University

Harriet Monroe

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1860 - September 26, 1936American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, publisher, editor and art patronAuthor of "John Wellborn Ro...
Art Critic Editor Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Poetry Magazine Publisher Scholar

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1804 - October 13, 1869French literary critic and authorAuthor of "Port Royal", "Nouveaux Lundis" and "Mes Poisons"
Author Critic France French Literary Critic

Thomas M. Disch

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1940 - July 4, 2008American science fiction writer, poet, critic and children's book authorAuthor of the science fiction stories "The ...
Children's Book Author Critic Hugo Award Literary Critic National Book Critics Circle Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction

James Dickey

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997American poet, novelist, critic, lecturer and professorAuthor of "Into the Stone and Other Poems", "Drowning wi...
Critic Guggenheim Lecturer National Book Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Sean O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1952 - British poet, critic, playwright and professorAuthor of "Downriver" (for which he was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in...
British Critic England English English Poetry Great Britain Griffin Poetry Prize Play Plays Playwright Professor T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher Theater Theatre University

Ford Madox Ford

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sold...
British Critic Editor England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry The English Review