Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom | |
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Bloom in 1986 | |
| Born | July 11, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 2019 (aged 89) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Education | Cornell University (BA) Pembroke College, Cambridge Yale University (MA, PhD) |
| Literary movement | Aestheticism, Romanticism |
| Years active | 1955–2019 |
| Spouse |
Jeanne Gould (m. 1958) |
| Children | 2 |
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] After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books,[3] including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm.[4][5] Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.[6]
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "School of Resentment" (which included multiculturalism, feminism, and Marxism).[7][8] He was educated at Yale, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.
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