"I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene"
- Harold Bloom
About this Quote
Harold Bloom is recommending that the idea of a decline or development in the literary scene is a myth. He is indicating that the literary scene is not necessarily getting better or even worse, but instead is in a state of flux. He is recommending that the suggestion of a decrease or development is a false story, which the literary scene is continuously transforming as well as developing. He is additionally suggesting that the concept of a decline or progress is subjective, which what one person might think about a decrease or progress may not coincide for an additional. Bloom is recommending that the literary scene is constantly in a state of adjustment, which it is impossible to definitively say that it remains in a state of decrease or development.
This quote is written / told by Harold Bloom between July 11, 1930 and October 14, 2019. He was a famous Critic from USA.
The author also have 26 other quotes.
"In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am"
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress"
