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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". [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.
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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. His memory was superhuman; he carried in his head ...
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Oct 14, 2019 · Harold Bloom was born on July 11, 1930, in the East Bronx, into an Orthodox Jewish household. He was the youngest of five children of William and Paula (Lev) Bloom, struggling immigrants from ...
Jan 23, 2021 · Jan. 23, 2021. Harold Bloom’s posthumous “The Bright Book of Life” is his farewell gift to his readers — unless (and I wouldn’t put it past him) there are further 500-page Bloomian tomes ...
Sep 22, 2002 · The Prophet of Decline. By Larissa MacFarquhar. September 22, 2002. Harold Bloom, October 28, 2001, New York City.Photograph by Richard Avedon. It is tempting to say that Harold Bloom is a man ...
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.
