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Aijaz Ahmad
Aijaz Ahmad is a well-known Marxist literary theorist and political commentator based in India.
Aijaz Ahmad is a well-known Marxist literary theorist and political commentator based in India.
Alexander Veselovsky
Alexander Nikolayevich Veselovsky (Александр Николаевич Веселовский; 16 February 1838, Moscow - 23 October 1906, St. Petersburg) was a leading literary theorist of Imperial Russia who laid the g...
Alexander Nikolayevich Veselovsky (Александр Николаевич Веселовский; 16 February 1838, Moscow - 23 October 1906, St. Petersburg) was a leading literary theorist of Imperial Russia who laid the g...
Ayyappa Paniker
Dr. K. Ayyappa Paniker, sometimes spelt "Ayyappa Panicker" was an influential Malayalam poet, literary critic, and an academic and a scholar in modern and post-modern literary theories as well ...
Dr. K. Ayyappa Paniker, sometimes spelt "Ayyappa Panicker" was an influential Malayalam poet, literary critic, and an academic and a scholar in modern and post-modern literary theories as well ...
Bashir Abu-Manneh
Bashir Abu-Manneh is an Assistant Professor of literature at Barnard College.
Bashir Abu-Manneh is an Assistant Professor of literature at Barnard College.
Cambridge Ritualists
The Cambridge Ritualists, the myth and ritual school, were a recognised group of classical scholars, mostly in Cambridge, England, including Jane Ellen Harrison, Gilbert Murray (who was actually...
The Cambridge Ritualists, the myth and ritual school, were a recognised group of classical scholars, mostly in Cambridge, England, including Jane Ellen Harrison, Gilbert Murray (who was actually...
Dana Olmert
Dana Olmert, born 26 December 1972, is an Israeli left wing activist, literary theorist and editor, and is a daughter of Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Dana Olmert, born 26 December 1972, is an Israeli left wing activist, literary theorist and editor, and is a daughter of Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
David Punter
David Punter is Professor of English at the University of Bristol.
David Punter is Professor of English at the University of Bristol.
Dionyz Durisin
Dionyz Durisin was a Slovak literary theorist and comparativist.
Dionyz Durisin was a Slovak literary theorist and comparativist.
Dmitrij Abramovitsj
Dmitrij Abramovitsj was a Russian historian and writer.
Dmitrij Abramovitsj was a Russian historian and writer.
E. K. Brown
Edward Killoran Brown, who wrote as E.K. Brown, was a Canadian professor and literary critic.
Edward Killoran Brown, who wrote as E.K. Brown, was a Canadian professor and literary critic.
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright.
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright.
Guy Stern
Guy Stern is a German-Jewish scholar of literature, primarily German and comparative.
Guy Stern is a German-Jewish scholar of literature, primarily German and comparative.
György Lukács
György Lukács (; ; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic.
György Lukács (; ; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher and literary critic.
Helen Tiffin
Helen M. Tiffin is Professor of English at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and an influential writer in post-colonial theory and literary studies.
Helen M. Tiffin is Professor of English at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and an influential writer in post-colonial theory and literary studies.
Hendrik Brugmans
Hendrik Brugmans was the son of historian Hajo Brugmans and Maria Keizer.
Hendrik Brugmans was the son of historian Hajo Brugmans and Maria Keizer.
Horace P. Biddle
Horace Peters Biddle (born Ohio around 1812; died Logansport, Indiana May 13, 1900) was a lawyer, judge, poet, musicologist, and famous hermit.
Horace Peters Biddle (born Ohio around 1812; died Logansport, Indiana May 13, 1900) was a lawyer, judge, poet, musicologist, and famous hermit.
Jacques Dubois (Walloon Professor)
Jacques Dubois ( Liège 1933 - ), Professor emeritus of Literature at the Université de Liège invented the concept of the Literary Institution following the work of Pierre Bourdieu by an...
Jacques Dubois ( Liège 1933 - ), Professor emeritus of Literature at the Université de Liège invented the concept of the Literary Institution following the work of Pierre Bourdieu by an...
Karol Wiktor Zawodziński
Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, pseudonym Karol de Johne, (1890–1949) was highly acclaimed Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature.
Karol Wiktor Zawodziński, pseudonym Karol de Johne, (1890–1949) was highly acclaimed Polish literary critic, theoretist and historian of literature.
Longinus (literature)
Longinus is the conventional name of the author of the treatise On the Sublime, a work which focuses on the effect of good writing.
Longinus is the conventional name of the author of the treatise On the Sublime, a work which focuses on the effect of good writing.
Martin Hägglund
Martin Hägglund (born November 23, 1976) is a Swedish philosopher, literary theorist, and scholar of modernist literature, currently a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Martin Hägglund (born November 23, 1976) is a Swedish philosopher, literary theorist, and scholar of modernist literature, currently a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.
Martin McQuillan
Martin McQuillan (born 1972) is a Scottish-born literary theorist and cultural critic.
Martin McQuillan (born 1972) is a Scottish-born literary theorist and cultural critic.
Mikhail Gasparov
Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov (Михаи́л Лео́нович Гаспа́ров, April 13, 1935, Moscow – November 7, 2005, Moscow) was a Russian philologist and translator, renowned for his studies in classical ...
Mikhail Leonovich Gasparov (Михаи́л Лео́нович Гаспа́ров, April 13, 1935, Moscow – November 7, 2005, Moscow) was a Russian philologist and translator, renowned for his studies in classical ...
Northrop Frye
Herman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Herman Northrop Frye, was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.
Ranjana Khanna
Ranjana Khanna is a literary critic and theorist widely recognized for her interdisciplinary, feminist and internationalist contributions to the fields of post-colonial studies, feminist theory,...
Ranjana Khanna is a literary critic and theorist widely recognized for her interdisciplinary, feminist and internationalist contributions to the fields of post-colonial studies, feminist theory,...
Terry Eagleton
Terence Francis Eagleton FBA (born 22 February 1943, Salford) is a British literary theorist and critic, who is regarded as one of Britain's most influential living literary critics.
Terence Francis Eagleton FBA (born 22 February 1943, Salford) is a British literary theorist and critic, who is regarded as one of Britain's most influential living literary critics.
Václav Tille
Václav Tille was a Czech writer.
Václav Tille was a Czech writer.