American literary critics

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the central figures of Romanticism and Gothic fiction in the United States and of early American literature. Poe was one of the country's first successful practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the detective fiction genre. In addition, he is credited with contributing significantly to the emergence of science fiction. He is the first well-known American writer to earn a living exclusively through writing, which resulted in a financially difficult life and career.

US-British poet (1888–1965)

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American author (1922–2007)

American writer and editor (1890–1937)

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)

American writer (1925–2012)

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

German philosopher and sociologist (1895–1973)

American author and vlogger

American author (born 1938)

American feminist writer (1946–2005)

American mathematics and science writer (1914–2010)

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)

American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)

American writer (1934–2018)

American writer, educator, artist, and activist (1934–2017)

American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905-1989)

American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic (1895-1990)

American writer (1928–2020)

American feminist academic and critic (born 1947)

American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)

American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)

American writer, artist, and illustrator (1925–2000)

American author and literary critic (born 1942)

American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters (1895-1972)

Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory (1942-2004)

Iranian-American writer

American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and writer (1918–1994)

American science fiction author (1915–1993)

American novelist and academic (1926-2020)

Italian-American writer and professor

American novelist

American editor, literary critic, anthologist, and writer (1815–1857)

American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009)

American literary critic, theorist and scholar

American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor (1933–1982)

American philosopher (born 1960)

American philosopher and intellectual historian (1873-1962)

United States poet, novelist and travel writer (1825-1878)

American philosopher and literary critic (1897–1993)

American literary critic, professor and historian (born 1950)

poet, critic, novelist, essayist (1914–1965)

American journalist and film critic

American philosopher and historian (1912–2003)

American literary critic (1905–1975)

American writer

American writer

American poet (1888–1974)

American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor

American journalist (1915–1990)

American literary theorist (1912–2015)