What Harold Bloom Has To Say About Genius: A Review

Harold Bloom's Genius: A Mosaic of 100 Exemplary Creative Minds is a work of remarkable synthesis. One of my all time favorite books for both the breath of content, and ease of read. In its gnostic-inspired, super-sized sequence of hundred-plus chapters, Bloom evaluates, in English, many outstanding literary geniuses of the past 2,500 or more years. Mainly European, these geniuses, which Bloom covers within the book, have names many people have never heard of. Bloom's reading and learning are be...