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Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom is an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than 20 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and a novel. He has 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. - Wikipedia

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American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)

Born 11 July 1930
Died 14 October 2019

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  • Cover of: Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages
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American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)

Born 11 July 1930
Died 14 October 2019

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Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, In literature, Examinations, Study guides, American literature, History, English literature, Women and literature, African Americans in literature, Aufsatzsammlung, Criticism, Short story, Intellectual life, Handbooks, manuals, Biography, English poetry, American poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM, Literature, American literature, history and criticism, Literature, history and criticism, juvenile literature, Bio-bibliography, Characters, General

Places

United States, England, Great Britain, Southern States, English-speaking countries, Chicago (Ill.), France, Ireland, USA, Africa, California, Massachusetts, Mexican-American Border Region, Mississippi River, Ohio, Rome, Scotland, South Africa, Denmark, Dublin (Ireland), East Tennessee, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New Orleans (La.), Schwarze, Athens (Greece)

People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Jane Austen (1775-1817), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Stephen Crane (1871-1900), Herman Melville (1819-1891), William Blake (1757-1827), Homer, John Steinbeck (1902-1968), Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), Mark Twain (1835-1910), Toni Morrison (1931-2019), William Faulkner (1897-1962), Arthur Miller (1915-), Albert Camus (1913-1960), Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), George Orwell (1903-1950), J. D. Salinger (1919-), James Joyce (1882-1941), Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851)

Time

20th century, 19th century, 18th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, Early modern, 1500-1700, 16th century, 17th century, 1945-1990, 1969, 19e siecle, England, Eton College, Oxford, Revolution, 1789-1799, Rome, SIGLO 18, SIGLO 19, Siglo XIX, The Victorian Era, University of Oxford

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Alternative names

  • Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
  • Harold BLOOM
  • HAROLD BLOOM
  • Professor Harold Bloom
  • Bloom, Ed, Harold
  • Ed Harold Bloom
  • Harold Selected By Bloom
  • Harold (editor) BLOOM
  • Bloom, Harold, Editor

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April 25, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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November 29, 2019 Edited by Brice Fuqua death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import