Harold Bloom Quotes


Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change.


Citations

Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Riverhead Books, 1998, p. 9.

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Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom
  • Born: July 11, 1930
  • Died: October 14, 2019
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Critic

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was described as "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." Following the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and a novel. During his lifetime, he edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages.