Harold Bloom

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author essayist human literary critic literary theorist university professor

Harold Bloom was an influential American literary critic and Yale professor best known for his theories on the Western canon and the "anxiety of influence" among writers.

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literary critic ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in English ⓘ
academicDiscipline English literature ⓘ
humanities ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters ⓘ
surface form: American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism

MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
causeOfDeath unspecified illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-07-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-10-14 ⓘ
educatedAt Cornell University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer New York University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
familyName Bloom ⓘ
fieldOfWork Romantic poetry ⓘ
Shakespeare studies ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
fullName Harold Bloom self-link ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
hasOccupation critic ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
influenced canon formation debates ⓘ
contemporary literary criticism ⓘ
influencedBy John Milton ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
Sigmund Freud ⓘ
William Blake ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
knownFor defense of the Western literary canon ⓘ
provocative critical style ⓘ
theory of poetic influence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
Yale University faculty ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableConcept Western canon ⓘ
anxiety of influence ⓘ
notableWork A Map of Misreading ⓘ
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds ⓘ
How to Read and Why ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form: Kabbalah and Criticism

Omens of Millennium ⓘ
Poetry and Repression ⓘ
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human ⓘ
The American Religion ⓘ
The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
The Book of J ⓘ
The Visionary Company ⓘ
The Western Canon ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
politicalView cultural conservative in literary matters ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
stateOfBirth New York ⓘ
stateOfDeath Connecticut ⓘ

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How to Read and Why → author → Harold Bloom ⓘ
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