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Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. [1] In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". [2]
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the author defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon.
Pages in category "Books by Harold Bloom" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. The American Religion;
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This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a novel. (For the purposes of this article, novel is defined as an extended work of fiction. This definition ...
Catherine Isabella Dodd (1860–1932), educational novels; William Dodd (1729–1777) Ann Doherty (c. 1786 – c. 1831–1832) Berlie Doherty (born 1943) P. C. Doherty (born 1946) David Donachie (born 1944), nautical historical novels; Angus Donald (born 1965), historical fiction; Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870) Sarah Doudney (1841–1926 ...
This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
Written as a companion to the general reader and theater-goer, Bloom declares that bardolatry "ought to be even more a secular religion than it already is". [2] He also contends in the work that Shakespeare "invented" humanity, in that he prescribed the now-common practice of "overhearing" ourselves, which drives our changes.