Justin Taylor
March 23rd, 2009 / 12:18 pm
Author Spotlight & Power Quote

Power Quote: Harold Bloom

I myself, as a student of gnosis, whether poetic or religious, judge the poem to be neither truth nor fiction but rather Dante’s knowing, which he chose to name Beatrice. When you know most intensely, you do not necessarily decide whether it is truth or fiction; what you know primarily is that the knowing is truly your own.

- The Western Canon, “The Strangeness of Dante: Ulysses and Beatrice”

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7 Comments

  1. March 23rd, 2009 / 12:56 pm Gian—

      Yes. Student of Gnosis.

      reply

  2. March 23rd, 2009 / 1:53 pm Steven Trull—

      Um, I don’t know.

      reply

  3. March 23rd, 2009 / 4:00 pm JW Veldhoen—

      What don’t you know?

      reply

  4. March 23rd, 2009 / 5:23 pm Jonny Ross—

      I know and I don’t know, and now I know that that’s OK. Knowing. Bloom. Beatrice.

      reply

  5. March 23rd, 2009 / 6:03 pm Ken Baumann—
  6. March 23rd, 2009 / 7:05 pm innocente—

      he thought he knew. but did he know?

      reply

  7. March 24th, 2009 / 12:06 am james yeh—

      i wonder if donald rumsfeld reads harold bloom

      reply

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