literary critic
Example Sentences
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He was a high-minded historian and literary critic who nevertheless loved writing about rugby and cricket.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Podhoretz’s political commitments didn’t require him to be any less discriminating a literary critic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Every age sees the apocalypse in its own image, as the distinguished literary critic Frank Kermode observed in his book “The Sense of an Ending.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025
“In the decades after the war, there was pressure to make the Holocaust fit a moral framework,” Ruth Franklin, a biographer and literary critic, said in a phone interview.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
She was brilliant, had been an avid reader her whole life, and she was a terrific literary critic, editor, and proofreader.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
