Imaginative literature is otherness, and as such alleviates loneliness. It returns you to otherness, whether in yourself or in friends, or in those who may become friends. “Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is, at least in my experience, the most healing of pleasures. In this article, we’ll share some of the most striking advice from the book on… well, how to read and why. In How to Read and Why, Bloom dispenses wisdom for the avid reader. He was also a prodigious writer, producing over fifty books during his lifetime, as well as editing hundreds of anthologies. Given that, Bloom was uniquely well positioned to answer the question of why we should read and how we should go about it.Īccording to legend, Bloom could read a 400-page book in an hour without sacrificing comprehension and could recite the whole of Shakespeare’s poetry by heart. The late Harold Bloom, literary critic and professor, may well have been one of the most prolific readers of all time.
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