literary criticism
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She stressed, however, the importance of distinguishing between literary criticism and what often passes for such on social media but which, in her view, amounts to "advertising."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Humane, grounded and respectful of its audience, “Good Bones” is literary criticism at its best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Even Aristotle, who could be said to have launched literary criticism, set forth the precepts of tragedy by empirically studying the indelible examples of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
"It's not literary criticism," he is keen to stress.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023
In literary criticism the critic has no choice but to make over the victim of his attention into something the size and shape of himself.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
