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Bloom was born in New York City on July 11, 1930, [7] to Paula (née Lev) and William Bloom. He lived in the Bronx at 1410 Grand Concourse. [9] [10] He was raised as an Orthodox Jew in a Yiddish-speaking household, where he learned literary Hebrew; [11] he learned English at the age of six. [12]
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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In 1987 Harold Bloom described The Left Hand of Darkness as Le Guin's "finest work to date", and argued that critics have generally undervalued it. [9] Bloom followed this up by listing the book in his The Western Canon (1994) as one of the books in his conception of artistic works that have been important and influential in Western culture. [48]
Non-fiction books by year (342 C) Novels by year (334 C) Poetry books by year (175 C) Short story collections by year (189 C) 0–9. 1000 books (2 P) 1002 books (1 P)
The critic Harold Bloom listed Sons and Lovers as one of the books that have been important and influential in Western culture in The Western Canon (1994). [6] In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Sons and Lovers ninth on a list of the 100 best novels in English of the 20th century. [7]
Most of the book is devoted to critical analyses of the plays and not explanation of the book's subtitle; though these analyses are "richly packed with brilliant observations", they "do not add up to the kind of systematic support Bloom's central claim deserves and demands", and not enough attention is given to the ramifications of that claim. [5]