Category talk:Literary critics
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[edit] categories and sub-categories
I don't understand the way these categories work, particularly how the category "Literary crtics" relates to the sub-categories of literary critics by nationality.
Harold Bloom is not listed in the Literary critics category; he is listed on the American literary critics page. Similarly, according to these categories, Northrop Frye is a Canadian literary critic, but not a literary critic.
Samuel Johnson (the greatest critic of all time) is apparently not a literary critic, nor a British literary critic. He is an English literary critic.
Meanwhile, Hugh Kenner (a Canadian), is a literary critic but not a Canadian literary critic. Finally, Edmund Wilson, a giant among American critics, can be found in the main category but not on the list of Americans.
Can someone belong to multiple categories? If not, then is there a rule governing who gets shoved into one of the sub-categories and who doesn't? Or is it completely arbitrary? --The Fat Man Who Never Came Back 09:10, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, it beats me too. Where's Aristotle and Longinus. I think this category needs a thorough revamp. Too bad i donno how to do it. Learner10 (talk) 10:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
