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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. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world".
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Harold Bloom (born July 11, 1930, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died October 14, 2019, New Haven, Connecticut) was an American literary critic known for his innovative interpretations of literary history and of the creation of literature.
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Harold Bloom. (b. 1930) He submerged himself in literature — more grandly, and grandiosely, than anyone. By Sam Anderson. Harold Bloom once described himself as a “monster of reading.” He...
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 also — unusual...
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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 threatened ...
Oct 15, 2019 · American literary critic and author who delighted in overturning orthodoxies. Eric Homberger. Tue 15 Oct 2019 10.39 EDT. “Criticism,” observed the literary critic Harold Bloom, who has died...
