/lit/ - Literature

>>9496265
I think that was Bloom's idea of a sly jab, comparing the ridiculous space magic aliens of the book of Mormon to Tolkien's fantasy landscape, with the only fanbase being cultist retards.

That being said, Bloom is a whore. He only has a position on Tolkien because he is popular, the man only looks to promote himself via a contrarian vein. I don't believe for a second he's even read the trilogy but has been so bold as to edit several collections of criticisms pertaining to Tolkien's mythos.

Harold Bloom is an academic slut who will put his name on anything for six bits. His two (possibly three) anthologies of Tolkien criticism are classic examples of that. In both of them, his contribution is a sneering, patronizing attack on Tolkien, Tolkien readers, and the writers of the essays included in his book. How can that be, you ask? Simple. A book like this is put together by desperate, grovelling grad students, either worshipful or terrified. Bloom's job is to put his name on the result and collect the credit and royalties. If he had any class, he would at least acknowledge the grad students in his introduction. Good luck with that.