This is exhilarating to hear Harold Bloom's voice again. No one could resist his wit, and wisdom. If one disagreed with he always made great arguments to hit the nail over the head to make one think. Thank you. If he was alive today in 2024 with our universities in uproar and the political life of the United States being tramatized by wars and lies of greed, I wonder what he would say? (I believe he is turning over in his grave.) 🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵
Hilarious! It takes until 18:30 for Bloom to answer the first real question. He seems to have no idea where the interviewer was going, although he has been making his point for him splendidly well with all the baseball talk and mention of Nietzche and agon.
@@ryanand154 Bloom has great insight but in his later days was too quick to impugn work by newer writers. Ligotti's star is rapidly ascending. I think any sensible critic would recognize Dickinson influencing Ligotti as high praise.
Harold is so lovable and endlessly digressive and brilliant. Despite my not sharing his politics, I can endure his humor because he is well-motivated; he simply misses the larger frame for where we are. Many are brilliant in one field but not another... "I know nothing about politics" is an honest sally. There is something about a literary mind that does not countenance power politics well.
My late Jewish, genius friend (he never forgot anything) was much like Professor Bloom with his prejudices and provocative statements, e. g., about fascists. When challenged of course, they both retreat.
Goldmine. Thank you!!
Finding a new Bloom interview is one of the joys only a few people can have. And how different and fresh this one is!
This is exhilarating to hear Harold Bloom's voice again. No one could resist his wit, and wisdom. If one disagreed with he always made great arguments to hit the nail over the head to make one think.
Thank you. If he was alive today in 2024 with our universities in uproar and the political life of the United States being tramatized by wars and lies of greed, I wonder what he would say? (I believe he is turning over in his grave.)
🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵
To be honest I found Harold through looking for ASMR but I found myself looking up all videos on him to listen to his wisdom.
You are an angel!
Hilarious! It takes until 18:30 for Bloom to answer the first real question. He seems to have no idea where the interviewer was going, although he has been making his point for him splendidly well with all the baseball talk and mention of Nietzche and agon.
Hero alert for posting these. Late-life Bloom has an invigorating sharpness
His personality is collosal
Thank you sincerely for these invaluable uploads
Absolutely sublime!
Glad for this, thank you
Thank you for posting this.
He’s read Ligotti and Lovecraft and the closet was rattling while roof has been leaking.
Really did Bloom ever speak about ligotti I didn't realize that
@@alexbaker9578 He’d likely compare him to Emily Dickinson but unfavourably. Or some other anxious influence.
@@ryanand154 Bloom has great insight but in his later days was too quick to impugn work by newer writers. Ligotti's star is rapidly ascending. I think any sensible critic would recognize Dickinson influencing Ligotti as high praise.
@@alexbaker9578 I agree.
Bloom also struggled with “genre” fiction.
Harold is so lovable and endlessly digressive and brilliant. Despite my not sharing his politics, I can endure his humor because he is well-motivated; he simply misses the larger frame for where we are. Many are brilliant in one field but not another... "I know nothing about politics" is an honest sally. There is something about a literary mind that does not countenance power politics well.
My late Jewish, genius friend (he never forgot anything) was much like Professor Bloom with his prejudices and provocative statements, e. g., about fascists. When challenged of course, they both retreat.
Be bold and say how you really feel!
Cool story, rabbi.