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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.’
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.
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...
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.
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 · Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale and author of over 40 books on poetry and influence, died on Oct. 14, 2019. He was a world-renowned scholar, a generous teacher, and a complete original, according to his colleagues and students.
