▁Abraham ic ▁relig ions : ▁Jewish ▁literature , ▁Christian ▁literature ▁and ▁Islam ic ▁literature . ▁ ▁Liter ary ▁criticism ▁was ▁also ▁employed ▁in ▁other ▁forms ▁of ▁medieval ▁Arab ic ▁literature ▁and ▁Arab ic ▁poetry ▁from ▁the ▁ 9 th ▁century , ▁not ably ▁by ▁Al - J ah iz ▁in ▁his ▁al - B ay an ▁wa - ' l - tab y in ▁and ▁al - H ay aw an , ▁and ▁by ▁Abd ul lah ▁ibn ▁al - M u ' t azz ▁in ▁his ▁Kit ab ▁al - B adi . ▁ ▁Renaissance ▁criticism ▁ ▁The ▁literary ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁Renaissance ▁developed ▁classical ▁ideas ▁of ▁unity ▁of ▁form ▁and ▁content ▁into ▁literary ▁ne oc lass ic ism , ▁proc laim ing ▁literature ▁as ▁central ▁to ▁culture , ▁entr ust ing ▁the ▁poet ▁and ▁the ▁author ▁with ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁a ▁long ▁literary ▁tradition . ▁The ▁birth ▁of ▁Renaissance ▁criticism ▁was ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 8 , ▁with ▁the ▁recovery ▁of ▁classic ▁texts , ▁most ▁not ably , ▁Giorg io ▁Val la ' s ▁Latin ▁translation ▁of ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁Po et ics . ▁The ▁work ▁of ▁Arist ot le , ▁especially ▁Po et ics , ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁influence ▁upon ▁literary ▁criticism ▁until ▁the ▁late ▁eigh teenth ▁century . ▁L od ov ico ▁Cast el vet ro ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁Renaissance ▁critics ▁who ▁wrote ▁comment aries ▁on ▁Arist ot le ' s ▁Po et ics ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 0 .