In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read.

Quote by Harold Bloom

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All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never...

All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never...

The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it...

The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it...

If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up...

If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up...

Shakespeare is universal.

Shakespeare is universal.

Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on...

Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on...

I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from...

I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from...

The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just...

The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just...

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough...

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough...

What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode...

What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode...

Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he...

Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he...

What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor...

What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor...

Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways,...

Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways,...

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But...

The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But...

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I...

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I...

Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am...

Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am...

I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the...

I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the...

What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion...

What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion...

For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying,...

For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying,...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the...

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god,...

It seems to me that Islam and Christianity and Judaism all have the same god,...