▁in ▁academic ▁journ als , ▁and ▁more ▁popular ▁critics ▁publish ▁their ▁reviews ▁in ▁broad ly ▁circul ating ▁period ical s ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁Times ▁Liter ary ▁Supp lement , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Book ▁Review , ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁the ▁London ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁the ▁Dublin ▁Review ▁of ▁Books , ▁The ▁Nation , ▁Book forum , ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York er . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Class ical ▁and ▁medieval ▁criticism ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁criticism ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁existed ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁literature . ▁In ▁the ▁ 4 th ▁century ▁BC ▁Arist ot le ▁wrote ▁the ▁Po et ics , ▁a ▁typ ology ▁and ▁description ▁of ▁literary ▁forms ▁with ▁many ▁specific ▁critic isms ▁of ▁contemporary ▁works ▁of ▁art . ▁Po et ics ▁developed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁the ▁concepts ▁of ▁m imes is ▁and ▁c ath ars is , ▁which ▁are ▁still ▁cru cial ▁in ▁literary ▁studies . ▁Pl ato ' s ▁attacks ▁on ▁poetry ▁as ▁im itative , ▁secondary , ▁and ▁false ▁were ▁form ative ▁as ▁well . ▁The ▁S ansk rit ▁Nat ya ▁Sh ast ra ▁includes ▁literary ▁criticism ▁on ▁ancient ▁Indian ▁literature ▁and ▁S ansk rit ▁drama . ▁ ▁Later ▁classical ▁and ▁medieval ▁criticism ▁often ▁focused ▁on ▁religious ▁texts , ▁and ▁the ▁several ▁long ▁religious ▁trad itions ▁of ▁herm ene ut ics ▁and ▁text ual ▁ex eg esis ▁have ▁had ▁a ▁prof ound ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁sec ular ▁texts . ▁This ▁was ▁particularly ▁the ▁case ▁for ▁the ▁literary ▁trad itions ▁of ▁the ▁three