What are your thoughts on Bloom as a critic, and as a defender of the western canon?
What are your thoughts on Bloom as a critic, and as a defender of the western canon?
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He can use a lot of words to say shockingly little, belaboring his points when what he could really use are some examples and some specificity. That all being said, I really do think some of his ideas, namely anxiety of influence, have substantial value and should be more and better explored.
I will always respect and admire his defense of the western canon on a basis of aesthetics, even when some of his defense falls into the same problems as his critique. He's the man who got me reading Shakespeare and I am all the better for it. Some of the things he said about the school of resentment were prophecy.
Thank you for your thoughtful and informative post.
lmfao joo
The schools of resentment are bad unless I can use them against authors I am not fond of.
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I never even heard of him, I don't know why I would have an opinion of him.
I haven't read a lot of his criticisms, I'm just familiar with his general advocacy and book list.
Lying homosexual who claims to be able to speed-read Shakespeare at the rate he can turn the pages. But in practice he reads it much slower, "to enjoy it." I shit you not, he said this in an interview.
>able to speed-read Shakespeare at the rate he can turn the pages. But in practice he reads it much slower, "to enjoy it."
Can't this be said of almost everyone who reads regularly? Few people read as fast as they can, at least.
Maybe I didn't make myself clear. He claims to be able to read -- that is, actually take in -- a page of Shakespeare in, at most, a few seconds (the time it takes to turn to the next page). It's not even physically possible for your eyes to scan a page thoroughly enough to recognize all the words in that length of time, much less "read" them. It blows my mind a bit that he thinks people are gullible enough to believe something like that. I mean, some people will be willing to believe that le genius professor has superhuman powers, but certainly not everyone.
>He claims to be able to read -- that is, actually take in -- a page of Shakespeare in, at most, a few seconds (the time it takes to turn to the next page)
Lel maybe he has a copy with tiny pages.
A treasure, but he also suffered some serious old man-itis. Like, yeah Harry Potter is garbage, but kids can only understand garbage. Making them read Shakespeare is a waste of time.
There are better books for kids than Harry Potter. Hell when most people we're reading Potter I was reading unabridged Verne.
>israelite
>defender of western canon
Yes. Also, there are israelites in the Western canon.
bloom is a first rate scoundrel.
harold bloom is a rapey bitch who's best work was ghostwritten by the students he was fucking
Harold Bloom's rape sagas are deeply ingrained in the university lores of united states english lit departments
seriously tho who was covering for that ghastly slobby gourd as he spunked the queued undergrad snizz?
Harold Bloom fucked my aunt's feet but he also wrote her a career-changing letter of recommendation
Pics of your aunt’s feet?
>Dedicate your entire life to criticising the writing of others
>Never write anything original of your own
I know he wrote a sci-fi book once, but I think he distanced himself from it and it's no longer in print.
He looks like a boiled potato wrapped in boiled cabbage, probably smells like it too
>scroll to bottom of list
>see tony kushner
no thanks, israelite