'''Harold Bloom''' is American religious and literary critic, born July 11, 1930 in New York from Jewish emigrees from Russia. Bloom teaches at Yale and New York University. As a literary critic is work is generally agreed to have gone through three stages. The first is his work on the British Romantic Poets of the 19th Century. The second is his development of his theory of poetic influence. Bloom's current writings are directed more towards a common audience than scholars.
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'''Harold Bloom''' is a American religious and literary critic, born July 11, 1930 in [[New York]] from Jewish emigrees from [[Russia]]. Bloom teaches at Yale and New York University. As a literary critic is work is generally agreed to have gone through three stages. The first is his work on the British Romantic Poets of the 19th Century. The second is his development of his theory of poetic influence. Bloom's current writings are directed more towards a popular audience than toward scholars.