Harold Bloom - Yale University

Professor: Harold Bloom

Department: TBD

College: Yale University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ENG400
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I took a class from professor Bloom about 5 years ago. professor bloom knows a lot and can give a great lecture. I thought to myself all this material is free at the public library/ the public internet/web. Paper /Pencil. Internet /web. what I wanted was to be a great writer or creative writing. Pencil /Paper. Internet /web /facebook. All we need.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: HUMS222
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced in his field, and students can hear some great thoughts and interpretations on pieces. However, he does tend to get off subject; sometimes for 10 minutes, sometimes for 30. Either way, you still get great knowledge about the subject. Being graded only on the term paper is a great thing too.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: HUMS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

An incredible lecturer, and wonderful one on one if you have any questions concerning the final paper or anything under the poetic sun. Each lecture more interesting than the last -- Prof. Bloom can recite much of the poems and plays covered by heart, and has dedicated his life to teaching them in his own distinct (but great) way.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: LIT501
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

bloom cannot stand the fact that he will never be as good of a writer as nietzsche was

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ENG501
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Just remember that Mr. Bloom's favorite poem in "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard BLOOMED" and his favorite novel is about a man named Leopold BLOOM. That tells you all you need to know about this man's ego.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ENGLI400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

The unthinkingness of school makes his class look absurd. You have to read to understand him, and school generally precludes reading with busywork. The implication is, if one wants to be the greatest student he ever had, one has to have no priorities other than literature. Flunk out of Yale first, then go to his class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ALLATNYU
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a bear. He roars and challenges. "Squeeze lemon and throw out pulp if you disagree with me." He knows that he is a literary star so he doesn't hide fact you should respect him. He loves literature and examining man and God and Freud. He does want us to learn how to see things through a different lense. Suprisingly warm and supportive one/one

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ENG354
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

That blurb about his being able to read one thousand pages an hour is such a sham.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: BLOOM101
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Interesting forum for learning about Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom's thoughts on poetry, Harold Bloom's version of psychoanalysis, Harold Bloom's view of Shakespeare, and Harold Bloom as a Christ-figure in literary criticism. Not a Bloom-free moment here!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ENG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Talk about MAN unlimited. Where shall wisdom be found? Right here. I used to like T.S. Eliot, but then Dr. Bloom showed me how ignorant I was. But that's OK. His influence causes no anxiety here.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ENGLISH
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He'll like your work or hate your work, so be careful. Very unpredictable and a huge ego.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ENGL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Bloom is da bomb

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ENG400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

His seminar is an experience more than a class. It's intense and relatively easy if you remember to agree with him. Worth taking just to be in the presence of such a large intellect (and ego)