Professor Harold Bloom in his New York apartment. He answered questions from an interviewer resting on a day bed. Professor Harold Bloom answers questions during an interview in his New York apartment, May 12,1990. Harold Bloom, a prodigious literary critic who championed and defended the Western canon, published abundantly influential books that appeared not only on college syllabuses but also — unusual for an academic — on best-seller lists. Professor Bloom died on Monday October 14, 2019, at a hospital in New Haven. He was 89.

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Professor Harold Bloom in his New York apartment. He answered questions from an interviewer resting on a day bed.

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