Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was a French literary critic.
Sainte-Beuve, c. 1860s
Commemorative plaque, 11 Rue du Montparnasse, Paris.
A genre of arts criticism, literary criticism or literary studies is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical analysis of literature's goals and methods. Although the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists.
Samuel Johnson, one of the most influential writers and critics of the 18th century. See: Samuel Johnson's literary criticism.