Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University.[1]
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| Born | July 11, 1930 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 2019 (aged 89) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation | Literary critic, writer, professor |
| Education | Cornell University (B.A.) Yale University (PhD) |
| Literary movement | Aestheticism, Romanticism |
| Spouse | Jeanne Gould (m. 1958; 2 children) |
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Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books,[2] including twenty books of literary criticism, several books talking about religion, and a novel. He has edited hundreds of anthologies about many literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm.[3][4] Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages.
Bloom came to public attention in the United States as a commentator during the canon wars of the early 1990s.[5]
Bloom died at a hospital in New Haven, Connecticut on October 14, 2019 at the age of 89.[6]
Harold Bloom Media
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A lion-faced deity associated with Gnosticism. Bloom frequently referred to Gnosticism when speaking about general and personal religious matters.
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William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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In The Western Canon, Bloom claimed that Samuel Johnson was "unmatched by any critic in any nation before or after him".
References
- ↑ "Faculty - English". english.yale.edu.
- ↑ Miller, Mary Alice. "How Harold Bloom Selected His Top 12 American Authors". Vanity Fair.
- ↑ Romano, Carlin (April 24, 2011). "Harold Bloom by the Numbers – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Colossus Among Critics: Harold Bloom". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/01/specials/bloom-colossus.html.
- ↑ Marc Redfield (2003). "Literature, Incorporated". In Peter C. Herman (ed.). Historicizing Theory. Suny Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7914-5962-1.
- ↑ Smith, Dinitia (October 14, 2019). "Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/books/harold-bloom-dead.html. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
