Literary Library

Caroline Gordon

by Angela Beck
October 6, 1895 - April 11, 1981American novelist and literary criticAuthor of "Penhally", "The Women on the Porch" and "The House of Fiction" #lit...
American Critic Literary Critic Novel Novelist

John Addington Symonds

by Angela Beck
October 5, 1840 - April 14, 1893English poet, literary critic, biographer and historianAuthor of "Studies of the Greek Poets", "Renaissance in Ita...
Biographer Biography British British Poetry Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Greece Greek Historian history Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry

John Dryden

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1631 - May 12, 1700English poet, playwright and literary criticAuthor of "All For Love", "Essay of Dramatick Poesie" and "Absalom and Ac...
British British History Critic Drama Dramatist England English English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Theater Theatre

Dennis Cooper

by Angela Beck
January 10, 1953 - American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artistAuthor of "Try", "My Loose Thread" and "Ugly Man: Stories"
Artist Critic Editing Editor Novel Novelist Perform Performance Performance Artist Play Plays Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Umberto Eco

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016Italian professor, critc and writer of novels and non-fictionAuthor of "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pend...
College Critic Educate Education Educator Italian Italy Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor School Strega Prize Teach Teacher Teaching University

Gao Xingjian

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1940 - Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director and translatorAuthor of "Absolute Signal", "Th...
Art Artist China Chinese Critic Director Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Language Languages Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Paint Painter Painting Photo Photographer Photography Photos Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Translate Translator

Paul Hamilton Hayne

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1830 - July 6, 1886American poet, critic and editorAuthor of "Legends and Lyrics" and "The Broken Battalions"
Critic Editor Poem Poems Poet Poetry

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" #literarycal...
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