Harold Bloom: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jul 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Oct 10, 2025
Added cross-reference to Naomi Wolf. Jun 03, 2025
Updated to include Naomi Wolf allegation; modernized caption. Apr 28, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC - The Western Canon with literary critic Harold Bloom (1995 Interview). Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Yale News - Harold Bloom: acclaimed literary critic, beloved teacher, �complete original�. Sep 07, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Bloom, Harold. The Western Canon [review]. Jul 11, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Harold Bloom was right to extol great literature, but was often blind to who was neglected. Mar 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Nov 22, 2023
Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Biography of Harold Bloom. Oct 04, 2023
Media added. Aug 23, 2021
He died on October 14, 2019. Oct 14, 2019
Added the book The Daemon Knows and mentioned the Shakespeare's Personalities series. Mar 28, 2019
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Harold Bloom. Oct 18, 2011
Added mention of The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life. May 24, 2011
Added five of Bloom's books to article. Oct 30, 2009
Article revised. Sep 09, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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