Famous literary theorists
scientist with main field of work in literary theory
72 people
Edgar Allan Poe
1809
– 1849
· Age 40
Deceased
Denis Diderot
1713
– 1784
· Age 70
Deceased
Novalis
1772
– 1801
· Age 28
Deceased
Roland Barthes
1915
– 1980
· Age 64
Deceased
Vissarion Belinsky
1811
– 1848
· Age 36
Deceased
Friedrich Schlegel
1772
– 1829
· Age 56
Deceased
Jean-François Lyotard
1924
– 1998
· Age 73
Deceased
Gaston Bachelard
1884
– 1962
· Age 78
Deceased
Korney Chukovsky
1882
– 1969
· Age 87
Deceased
Harold Bloom
1930
– 2019
· Age 89
Deceased
Fredric Jameson
1934
– 2024
· Age 90
Deceased
František Palacký
1798
– 1876
· Age 77
Deceased
Tzvetan Todorov
1939
– 2017
· Age 77
Deceased
Michel Butor
1926
– 2016
· Age 89
Deceased
M
Maurice Blanchot
1907
– 2003
· Age 95
Deceased
D
David Lodge
1935
– 2025
· Age 89
Deceased
Terry Eagleton
1943
· Age 83
Alive
Martin Opitz
1597
– 1639
· Age 41
Deceased
Philippe Sollers
1936
– 2023
· Age 86
Deceased
Leah Goldberg
1911
– 1970
· Age 58
Deceased
Gérard Genette
1930
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
André Aciman
1951
· Age 75
Alive
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Wolfgang Iser
1926
– 2007
· Age 80
Deceased
Stephen Greenblatt
1943
· Age 82
Alive
Friedrich Theodor Vischer
1807
– 1887
· Age 80
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q15962340