William Blake

Bloom's Classic Critical Views

by Harold Bloom (Editor), Heather Dubnick, Neil Heirris

A leading poet (1757-1827) about whom Harold Bloom is always enthusiastic, William Blake is most famous for poems such as "The Tyger" and "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell."

Genres: Literary Criticism

112 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1985

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.