Don Delillo

Bloom's Modern Critical Views

by Harold Bloom (Editor), Marilee Robin Burton

Provides a brief biography of Don DeLillo and discusses the plot, characters, and themes of "The Names," "Libra," "White Noise," and other works.

158 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2003

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.

Reviews

[Daniel Schulof · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a shame that the work represented here has become the dominant form of academic analysis of literary works. Vague and imprecise at every turn, dripping with jargon and in-group signaling, self-celebratory, bloated, and consistently lacking in incision and persuasiveness. This style of writing would not be tolerated in any other field/domain. Depressing.