Bloom, Harold

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, The Romantic Tradition in American Literature (1972) and the Oxford Anthology of English Literature (1973). Bloom has been influenced by the thought of Martin BUBER in his understanding of Romantic poetry and by kabbalistic ideas in his work on W.B.Yeats and the modern movement. He has been awarded the Morton Dauwen Zabel Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1982 and a MacArthur Award in 1985.

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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 — (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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