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Harold Bloom
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American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1930-07-11 ) July 11, 1930, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- October 14, 2019 (2019-10-14) (aged 89), New Haven, Connecticut , U.S.
- Occupation
- Literary critic writer professor
- Education
- Cornell University ( BA ), Pembroke College, Cambridge , Yale University ( MA , PhD )
- Literary movement
- Aestheticism , Romanticism
- Years active
- 1955–2019
- Spouse
- Jeanne Gould ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harold
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New Haven
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Pembroke College
- Employer
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Student of
- M. H. Abrams
- Doctoral student
- Harold McGee
- Field of work
- educational system
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Image
- Harold Bloom, literary critic, author, teacher at Yale.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1930-07-11
- influenced by
- Samuel Johnson
- date of death
- 2019-10-14
- name in native language
- Harold Bloom
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Harold Bloom
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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". 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.
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). He was educated at Yale, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.
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