Harold Bloom
American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930-2019) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 89
Harold Bloom 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".
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A lion-faced deity associated with Gnosticism. Bloom frequently referred to Gnosticism when speaking about general and personal religious matters.
Photo portrait from the dust jacket of Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism (1982)
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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".Awards
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After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, 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. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
