I think Freud is about cont... by Harold Bloom, an American Critic

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“I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.”

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Harold Bloom

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Name: Harold Bloom

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jul 11, 1930

Profession: Critic

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