Quote of the day
Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Harold Bloom
Born: July 11, 1930
Died: October 14, 2019 (aged 89)
Bio: Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University.
Known for:
- The Anxiety of Influence (1973)
- How to read and why (2000)
- Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998)
Harold Bloom Quotes