Some reflections on Bloom:
Long before his death, Bloom had already become an anachronism. In the sense that someone of his talent, aesthetic sensibility and SOUL would likely not even be admitted to grad school much less thrive in academy.
Long before his death, Bloom had already become an anachronism. In the sense that someone of his talent, aesthetic sensibility and SOUL would likely not even be admitted to grad school much less thrive in academy.
By far the greatest American in the "humanities" Bloom was not awarded the Jefferson Lecture
Encourages us to reflect generally on the place (or lack) for such great figures in our increasingly ridiculous country that celebrates ugliness, mediocrity and assorted cattle feed.
Encourages us to reflect generally on the place (or lack) for such great figures in our increasingly ridiculous country that celebrates ugliness, mediocrity and assorted cattle feed.
-Blooms famous elevation of AESTHESIS over didactic function of literature underscores the stupidity of strictly conservative approaches to resurrecting Western values via lit.
