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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]
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- Literary critic, writer, professor
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Mar 22, 2024 · 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. Bloom’s first language was Yiddish, and he also learned Hebrew before English.
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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...
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...
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 by...
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Oct 15, 2019 · Mark Mainz/Getty Images. 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...
Oct 15, 2019 · October 15, 2019. Harold Bloom (Photo credit: Michael Marsland) 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.
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