BLOOM, Harold

BLOOM, Harold
(1930-)
   US academic and writer, best known for his Freudian analysis of the relationship between strong male authors and predecessor authors over the last several centuries of Western literature; The Anxiety of Influence (1973) and its several increasingly talmudic sequels have become central critical texts. His only novel, The Flight to Lucifer (1979), was described as a Gnostic fantasy, accurately. Of the many anthologies of critical pieces ed HB, several are of sf interest: Mary Shelley (anth 1985), Edgar Allan Poe (anth 1985), Ursula K. Le Guin (anth 1986) and Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (anth 1987), Doris Lessing (anth 1986), George Orwell (anth 1987) and George Orwell's 1984 (anth 1987), and Classic Horror Writers (anth 1993).

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  • BLOOM, HAROLD — (1930– ), U.S. literary critic. Born to Yiddish speaking parents in New York City, Bloom taught at Yale from 1955. An authority on Romantic and Victorian poetry, he wrote lengthy studies of Shelley, Blake, and Yeats. Bloom s most significant… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Bloom,Harold — Bloom (blo͞om), Harold. Born 1930. American literary theorist and scholar whose works include The Anxiety of Influence (1972). * * * …   Universalium

  • Bloom, Harold — born July 11, 1930, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. literary critic. Bloom studied at Cornell and Yale universities and taught at Yale from 1955. In The Anxiety of Influence (1973) and A Map of Misreading (1975) he suggested that poetry results from… …   Universalium

  • Bloom, Harold — (b. 1930)    American educator, editor and literary critic. Bloom was born in New York. He was educated at Cornell and Yale Universities and he now teaches at Yale. He is a prolific editor among whose many works include the 33 volume anthology,… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

  • Bloom, Harold — (n. 11 jul. 1930, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.). Crítico literario estadounidense. Bloom estudió en las universidades de Cornell y Yale, y enseñó en esta última a partir de 1955. En sus obras La angustia de las influencias (1973) y A Map of… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Bloom, Harold — (b. 1930)    American literary critic and editor. He was born in New York and taught at Yale. In his literary work he has been influ enced by the kabbalah and by Martin Buber. His publications include Kabbalah and Criticism, Poetry and Repression …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Harold Bloom — Nacimiento 11 de julio de 1930 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Harold Bloom — (* 11. Juli 1930 in New York City) ist ein amerikanischer Literaturwissenschaftler und kritiker. Er ist vor allem für seine Ablehnung marxistischer, feministischer und postkolonialer Literaturtheorie bekannt und erlangte im Laufe der in den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Harold Jack Bloom — Infobox Actor name = Harold Jack Bloom imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = birth date|1924|4|26|mf=y birthplace = deathdate = death date and age|1999|8|27|1924|4|24|mf=y deathplace = Los Angeles, California othername = Harold Bloom… …   Wikipedia

  • Harold Bloom — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bloom. Harold Bloom (né en 11 juillet 1930 à New York) est un critique littéraire et un professeur américain. Il a notamment défendu les poètes du XIXe siècle à une époque où ils étaient méconnus.… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Harold — /har euhld/, n. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) Alexander Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander 1st Earl Arlen Harold Barton Sir Derek Harold Richard Bloom Harold Clurman Harold Edgar Crane Harold Hart James Harold Doolittle… …   Universalium

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