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1. • • In the 1990s, after publishing his book The Western Canon, Bloom found himself facing off against literary feminists and multiculturalists. Most recently, Bloom incensed thousands of Harry Potter fans by expressing unambiguous disdain for the boy wizard in the op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal.
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   What did Harold Bloom say about Harry Potter?

   • July 2000 Harold Bloom's scorching criticism of the Potter books is a literary legend in and of itself. Much like the old white guy who wrote the review for The Guardian, Bloom says that in HIS DAY,books were real books, not fun things children might like to read. His favorite part was when Harry almost died.

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   Did Harold Bloom criticize the Potter books?

   • Yes.", July 2000 Harold Bloom's scorching criticism of the Potter books is a literary legend in and of itself. Much like the old white guy who wrote the review for The Guardian, Bloom says that in HIS DAY, books were real books, not fun things children might like to read.

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   Who is Harold Bloom?

   • Harold Bloom is a professor at Yale, a literary critic and author of "The Western Canon," (Riverhead Books, 1995). The decision to give the National Book Foundation’s annual award for “distinguished contribution” to Stephen King is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life.

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   Will 'Harry Potter' lead my child to a 'Jungle Book'?

   • “Harry Potter” will not lead our children on to Kipling’s “Just So Stories” or his “Jungle Book.” It will not lead them to Thurber’s “Thirteen Clocks” or Kenneth Grahame’s “Wind in the Willows” or Lewis Carroll’s “Alice.” Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King.

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3. literature.stackexchange.com › questions › 25693Why did literary critic Harold Bloom say something that didn ...

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   Nov 4, 2023 · In this opinion piece by renowned late literary critic Harold Bloom, we see him levy the following charge against Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: I went to the Yale bookstore and bought and read a copy of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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   Jul 16, 2003 · In the 1990s, after publishing his book The Western Canon, Bloom found himself facing off against literary feminists and multiculturalists. Most recently, Bloom incensed thousands of Harry...

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2003/07/19 › booksTHINK TANK; The Phenomenology of Harry, or the Critique of ...

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   Jul 19, 2003 · After all, no less a figure than Harold Bloom has derided Ms. Rowling's writing as ''goo,'' while William Safire in this newspaper scornfully (though presciently) predicted that ''scholarly...

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   Sep 19, 2003 · Harold Bloom is a professor at Yale, a literary critic and author of "The Western Canon," (Riverhead Books, 1995). ... “Harry Potter” will not lead our children on to Kipling’s “Just So ...

8. yaledailynews.com › blog › 2001/10/29Bloom backs up criticism of wizard with book - Yale Daily News

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   Oct 29, 2001 · The book comes after Bloom complained that Harry Potter was keeping children from classic literature. “Why read [‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’]?” Bloom asked in the Wall Street Journal.

9. www.wsj.com › articles › SB963533747710876073Harold Bloom And the Sorcery of Potter - WSJ

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   Jul 14, 2000 · I am sorry that Mr. Bloom does not approve of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, but suspect that the answer to his rhetorical question is the wrong one. Where there is smoke there is fire...

10. www.public.asu.edu › ~atsjd › bloomHarold Bloom on Stephen King - Arizona State University

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    Dumbing down American readers. By Harold Bloom, 9/24/2003. THE DECISION to give the National Book Foundation's annual award for "distinguished contribution" to Stephen King is extraordinary, another low in the shocking process of dumbing down our cultural life. I've described King in the past as a writer of penny dreadfuls, but perhaps even ...