What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering.

Quote by Harold Bloom

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In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.

I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.

Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails.

If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there...

If I were to sum up the negative reactions to my work, I think there...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one...

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...

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 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...

But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us...

But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us...

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...

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the...

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the...

In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is...

In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is...

Shakespeare is universal.

Shakespeare is universal.

What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The...

What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The...