Harold Bloom, 1930–2019

nutsberryfarm 🏜 Revered Member zen @nutsberryfarm Posts: 31,930 Likes: 23,135	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Oct 16, 2019 17:32:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Oct 16, 2019 17:32:44 GMT www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/10/15/his-mind-was-itself-a-library-harold-bloom-1930-2019/
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petrolino Revered Member "People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. @petrolino Posts: 27,822 Likes: 21,321	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Oct 17, 2019 17:34:18 GMT politicidal and nutsberryfarm 🏜 like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by petrolino on Oct 17, 2019 17:34:18 GMT Noted academic. R.I.P.
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hi224 Elite Member A thing of beauty is a joy forever. @hi224 Posts: 20,790 Likes: 6,377	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Oct 17, 2019 18:16:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hi224 on Oct 17, 2019 18:16:42 GMT shit.

amyghost Senior Member @amyghost Posts: 5,458 Likes: 4,329	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Oct 19, 2019 0:07:26 GMT telegonus, theravenking, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by amyghost on Oct 19, 2019 0:07:26 GMT I enjoyed his uncompromising refusal to defer to the often dunderheaded fashionable academic attempts to re-write the basic literary canon.

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I enjoyed his uncompromising refusal to defer to the often dunderheaded fashionable academic attempts to re-write the basic literary canon.

His western canon is great.

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politicidal Exalted Member @politicidal Posts: 82,040 Likes: 57,955	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Jul 9, 2022 19:15:46 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by politicidal on Jul 9, 2022 19:15:46 GMT Hmm, maybe he’ll be the subject of a biographical movie some day.

theravenking Junior Member Hang on tightly, let go lightly @theravenking Posts: 4,625 Likes: 4,726 Member is Online	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Jul 9, 2022 21:13:48 GMT petrolino likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by theravenking on Jul 9, 2022 21:13:48 GMT I bought one of his books recently: I've also read his book on Shakespeare, which was great.
	"I prefer reading to writing. Reading changes your worldview. Writing changes absolutely nothing. Except, of course, when it makes you rich." Michel Houellebecq

mikef6 Elite Member @mikef6 Posts: 11,288 Likes: 15,243	Harold Bloom, 1930–2019 Jul 25, 2022 15:18:19 GMT theravenking likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mikef6 on Jul 25, 2022 15:18:19 GMT Influential Shakespeare scholar. The only thing I can say against him is that he was dismissive of my favorite of Will’s comedies, “Much Ado About Nothing.” Here is a must-have book.
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