...There is no Truth. There is only the Self. What theory did the great critics have? Critics like Dr. Samuel Johnson or William Hazlitt? Those who adopt a theory are simply imitating somebody else. I believe firmly that, in the end, all useful criticism is based upon experience. An experience of teaching, an experience of reading, one's experience of writing-and most of all, one's experience of living. Just as wisdom, in the end, is purely personal. There can be no method except the Self.
—Harold Bloom
—Harold Bloom
Friday, June 07, 2013
