Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom was an American literary historian, writer, literary critic, journalist, literary theorist and university teacher (1930–2019). He was born at New York City and died at New Haven.
Also recorded as Harold Irving Bloom.
Overview
Born at New York City in 1930, died at New Haven in 2019.
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Harold Irving Bloom. His recorded languages were American English, Yiddish, Hebrew and English. His recorded confession was Judaism.
Formation and teaching
Harold Bloom studied at Yale University, Cornell University, Bronx High School of Science and Pembroke College. The record notes the qualification doctorate. He trained under M. H. Abrams. His recorded influences include Ralph Waldo Emerson and Samuel Johnson.
Career and activity
Harold Bloom worked in literary criticism, literary theory, literature, humanities and educational system. His work is associated with Aestheticism and Romanticism.
He was employed by New York University and Yale University. He belonged to American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society.
Recognition and collections
Harold Bloom received Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Catalonia International Prize, John Addison Porter Prize, Sterling Professor and Alfonso Reyes International Prize.
Catalogued works
52 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. The first 12 are listed here.
The Anxiety of Influence. The Western Canon. How to Read and Why. Short Story Writers and Short Stories. The Flight to Lucifer. The American Religion. The Book of J. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. The Bright Book of Life. Shakespeare. Kabbala. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Harold Bloom and the Crisis in Literature, Anafora, 2026. Harold Bloom Responds, symplokē, 2019. Bloom and Derrida, The Anatomy of Bloom : Harold Bloom and the Study of Influence and Anxiety. Bloom and Protestantism, The Anatomy of Bloom : Harold Bloom and the Study of Influence and Anxiety. List of Abbreviations of Harold Bloom’s Works, The Saving Lie.
In detail
Harold Bloom studied at Yale University, Cornell University and Bronx High School of Science. training under M. H. Abrams is recorded. the recorded working language is American English, Yiddish and Hebrew.
The field of work recorded is literary criticism, literary theory and literature. The authority associates the name with Aestheticism and Romanticism. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Samuel Johnson are recorded as an influence.
Employment is recorded with New York University and Yale University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society.
Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Catalonia International Prize and John Addison Porter Prize.
Chronology
- 1930Harold Bloom born at New York City.
- 2019Harold Bloom died at New Haven.
Sources
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“Harold Bloom”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q345612: Harold Bloom
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