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...tempting to dismiss all this turmoil as academic. One who decidedly does not is Harold Bloom, 64, the occupant of endowed chairs at both Yale and New York University, the author of 20 critical works and the editor of hundreds more, and a Vesuvian source of erudition and opinions. Bloom believes, among many other things, that a body of great literature of imperishable value exists, recognizable solely by its intrinsic aesthetic merits; further, that those who try to use or subvert the great works for extraliterary purposes, i.e., anything smacking of social engineering, are barbarians; and further still, that these...
...triumph of the forces of darkness need not, Bloom thinks, be total. A small band -- his publisher obviously hopes not too small -- will continue to turn to the rewards of literature as people have been doing for 3,000 years. "The Common Reader," Bloom writes, referring to a figure conjured up by Dr. Samuel Johnson and Virginia Woolf, not the contemporary Tom Clancy or Danielle Steel fan, "still exists and possibly goes on welcoming suggestions of what might be read...
...There's definitely a lot of ego involved," Bloom said, with a nod of agreement from roommate and hitting partner Geoff Criqui...
...play as much as we'd like to," Bloom and Criqui said...
...Last year we took up squash, though," Bloom added. "Those courts are always available at the QRAC in the winter...