A review by crankylibrarian
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds by Harold Bloom

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I find it hard to utter the phrase "Harold Bloom" uncoupled with "pretentious". The organizational principle used here is a prime example of why: neither chronological nor alphabetical, Bloom arranges his genius profiles by "lustres" within subcategories named after symbols from the Kabbalah. (No, I am not making this up). How does this goofball system contribute to our understanding of Cervantes and Shakespeare? Got me, but I'm sure Bloom would be happy to pontificate on it for hours.