Harold Bloom - How to Read and Why

[@josephnunes868]

Reading saved my life...I can't imagine existing without reading....it is a postire to read...you have to experience the art of reading to understand to know it

[@marknewton6984]

Congrats! A great critic...😎

[@randomdude7384]

Reading this comment made me read even more! Bravo!

[@jaredclark8335]

I couldn’t hope to speak it as articulately as does Bloom, but deeply reading the works of the most resonant authors has been a medicine for me-as essential to health as exercise and a balanced diet. I’ll testify that deep reading sates a hunger in me that religion does for others

[@ZombieLincoln666]

what is “postire”

[@11buleria]

There will never be another person as erudite and smart as Harold Bloom. He was a huge inspiration to me.

[@TerryStewart32]

Sir Christopher Rick's is also a towering figure of literary criticism who is equally respected. But the volume and erudition of Bloom is breathtaking

[@jimnewcombe7584]

What an absolutely ludicrous remark, and wholly unjustified, idiotic even.

[@marknewton6984]

And to me.. 😎

[@nolandost3070]

Coming here thanks to the recommendation by Better Than Food book reviews.

[@dcxxxx]

That would be me, also.

[@NodakBro]

Me as well, it was posted at r/ClassicalEducation initially

[@NobodylikesSoup]

Well thats me as well.

[@NineInchFailz]

That handsome son of a bitch is such a huge influence on my reading habits lol

[@jamesm.3967]

Wow. Good stuff. I’ve read the book by HB...this IS GOLD.

[@mxyzptlk...]

RIP, Harold Bloom

[@CesarClouds]

I said it once and I'll say it again, I love this man.

[@jimnewcombe7584]

So now you've at least said it twice. Keep the arithmetic up.

[@CesarClouds]

@@jimnewcombe7584 And now you've counted at least once, likewise.

[@jimnewcombe7584]

@@CesarClouds I can barely count passed one on most Sundays, admittedly 😅

[@brownfulk]

What an intellect, listen and be humbled as I was.

[@degalan2656]

Very useful… I’ve just started a whole series of how to podcasts. The first one on ‘how to wave’. The second on how to wave and speak simultaneously. The third one of how to put on gloves. I’ve had great reviews and responses… as an offshoot I’ve now started a series on how not to do things. The first one on ‘how not to wave’ etc…

[@TheJudgeandtheJury]

Great find.

[@cindyvega7390]

"I mastered Yiddish by age 3" -HB

[@valpergalit]

Had Bloom read Leon Forrest at this time? Strange that he never mentions Forrest when he talks about “literary jazz,” as Forrest was its most accomplished practitioner.

[@user-vf8ti4dq3d]

Gold

[@yonathanmeza6931]

Thanks so much.

[@dustinmasterson411]

He was obviously a very depressed man in many ways, I sure wish people didn't just ignore it in interviews...but rather ask about it and if it's a necessity to truly grasp Shakespeare.

[@brownfulk]

Depression is part and parcel of a great intellect.

[@garymelnyk7910]

“You say that as if it’s a bad thing”. Tom Waits.

[@simonstott6571]

It is not.

[@rezzer7918]

Never got to how

[@NodakBro]

Came here from r/ClassicalEducation...anyone else?

[@1975nikola]

Said people with funny banana and mouse Jerry as avatars...

[@uncatila]

If your going to read Catholic litterature it helps to actualy be Catholic.

[@hilariousname6826]

What a strange comment. It helps far more to be literate, intelligent, and open-minded.

[@richardrose2606]

It might help, but it's not necessary.

[@ghoulish6125]

If you’re going to read McCarthy, it helps to have been born in Rhode Island.