Omens of Millennium

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Omens of Millennium is a critical work by literary scholar Harold Bloom that explores themes of prophecy, Gnosticism, and religious imagination at the turn of the millennium.

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Omens of Millennium canonical 2

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Harold Bloom ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
authorOccupation literary critic ⓘ
literary scholar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines continuity of ancient Gnostic ideas in modern culture ⓘ
interpretations of the end times ⓘ
relationship between literature and religion ⓘ
symbolism of angels and visions ⓘ
focusesOn Christian mysticism ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
linked to: Kabbalah

Western religious traditions ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
religious criticism ⓘ
hasCriticalApproach close reading ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ
literary hermeneutics ⓘ
hasPart analysis of visionary experience ⓘ
discussion of Kabbalah ⓘ
discussion of angelology ⓘ
interpretation of apocalyptic omens ⓘ
hasTheme heretical traditions ⓘ
millennial anxiety ⓘ
personal religious experience ⓘ
spiritual crisis ⓘ
visionary prophecy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm essay collection ⓘ
mainSubject Gnosticism ⓘ
apocalyptic thought ⓘ
mysticism ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
religious imagination ⓘ
notableFor idiosyncratic readings of religious texts ⓘ
integration of literary and religious analysis ⓘ
perspective Gnostic ⓘ
heterodox religious ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1990s ⓘ
publisher Riverhead Books ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Kabbalah and Criticism ⓘ
The Book of J ⓘ
The Western Canon ⓘ
settingOfDiscussion turn of the millennium ⓘ
writtenBy Harold Bloom ⓘ

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Harold Bloom → notableWork → Omens of Millennium ⓘ
The American Religion → followedBy → Omens of Millennium ⓘ