Harold Bloom
American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
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Great Books #2: Homer and the Invention of the Human
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Famed American literary critic who defines a great book as something that helps us become human and facilitates self-conscious narration.
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Tim Ferriss
An American literary critic, whose book 'The Western Canon' is recommended by Tyler Cowen for re-entry into complex fiction.
Peterson Academy | Andrew Doyle | The Shakespearean Tragedies | Lecture 1 (Official)
Peterson Academy
Critic who was convinced Shakespeare was not a bit-part actor but would have played major roles.
Game Theory #24: The AI Apocalypse
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Referred to as America's greatest literary critic, who had a significant influence on David Bramitch, and indirectly on the speaker.
Great Books #13: Gay Talese's Sparks of Light
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A distinguished American literary critic who defined great literature as 'shocking' and capable of reorienting a reader's worldview.
Dante #5
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Great Yale literary scholar, who coined the term 'creative self-destruction'. Later also identified as the greatest American literary critic and a huge Shakespeare fan.
Dante Livestream #5 (Saturday, June 20 10AM)
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American literary critic, mentioned as a huge fan of Shakespeare, who argued Shakespeare created modernity and human experience, but the speaker now finds Dante more impressive.
Dante Livestream #6 (Sunday, June 21 10AM)
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Literary critic and scholar who argued that the biblical 'Yahwist' was a poet and that 'great work of art is always an individual genius at work' - used to support the idea that Homer and Dante were single authors.