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“All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.”
 
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Name:   Harold Bloom
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jul 11, 1930
 
Profession:   Critic
 
 
 
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