English literary critics

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

English poet, literary critic and philosopher (1772–1834)

British playwright (1930–2008)

British novelist (1811–1863)

17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)

British-American poet (1907–1973)

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)

English American author and journalist (1949–2011)

English writer and composer (1917–1993)

English poet and novelist (1895-1985)

British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)

British author (1785-1859)

English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)

British novelist

English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)

British novelist and poet (1828–1909)

British writer (1952–2022)

British novelist (1930–2009)

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

English poet and classical scholar (1716–1771)

English essayist and writer (1778–1830)

British science fiction writer (1925–2017)

English writer (1935–2025)

British writer, academic and educator

English writer and publisher (1873-1939)

English novelist (1857–1903)

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

English writer (1880–1932)

English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894)

English author (1743–1825)

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

English poet, critic and editor (1849–1903)

British author (1903–1974)

English literary critic and rhetorician (1893–1979)

English poet, author and critic (1849–1928)

English author and academic (1932–2000)

British writer, lecturer and philosopher (1872-1963)

British poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)

British writer and literary critic (1863–1944)

English poet (1823–1896)

English novelist and historian (1836–1901)

English Imagist poet and critic (1883–1917)

English literary historian, critic, poet (1728-1790)

English literary critic and poet (1906–1984)

British literary critic (1895–1978)

English writer (1925–1994)

British Marxist literary critic, journalist and writer (1907-1937)

English poet, novelist, essayist and critic (1929-2019)

British writer and critic (1900–1997)

British writer (1879–1943)

British writer known for speculative fiction and parody novels; literature and writing academic

British novelist, literary critic, polemicist (1929–1995)

English writer (1889–1957)

British literary critic

English author (1827–1876)

English historian, biographer, and novelist (born 1943)

British critic and literary historian (1845–1933)

British literary scholar (1851–1935)

English biographer and critic (1812–1876)