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Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. [1] In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". [2]
Harold Bloom, American literary critic known for his innovative interpretations of literary history and of the creation of literature. For Chelsea House Publishers he edited numerous series to ‘chronicle all of Western literature.’
Oct 14, 2019 · Harold Bloom, the prodigious literary critic who championed and defended the Western canon in an outpouring of influential books that appeared not only on college syllabuses but...
Dec 23, 2019 · Harold Bloom once described himself as a “monster of reading.” He claimed he could read — really read — a 400-page book in a single hour.
Jan 23, 2021 · For those who do not know him: Harold Bloom was the formidable Yale professor whose 1973 assertion of “the anxiety of influence” — the way poetic genius has been both nurtured and...
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the author defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon.
Oct 15, 2019 · Harold Bloom, world-renowned literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale, died on Oct. 14 in New Haven. He was 89 years old. Bloom was widely regarded as the most recognized literary critic in America.
Harold Bloom GRD ’56, a Sterling Professor of English, author of over 40 books and an iconic defender of the Western canon, died on Monday at the age of 89 at a New Haven hospital. Bloom attained widespread academic recognition for his innovative interpretations of poetry.
Oct 15, 2019 · Bloom is survived by his wife, Jeanne Gould, whom he married in 1958, and their sons, Daniel and David. Harold Bloom, literary critic, born 11 July 1930; died 14 October 2019
Oct 15, 2019 · Harold Bloom was a rarity: a best-selling and widely known literary critic. Affectionately dubbed the "King Kong" of criticism, Bloom died Monday at the age of 89, at a hospital in...
