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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 (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.
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.
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 —...
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 · 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
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 · 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.
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 New...
Oct 14, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Harold Bloom, the eminent critic and Yale professor whose seminal “The Anxiety of Influence” and melancholy regard for literature’s old masters made him a popular author and standard-bearer of Western civilization amid modern trends, died Monday at age 89.
