Harold Bloom quote: A play that takes as its burden the meaning of self-consciousness may hint that inner freedom can be attained only ...

A play that takes as its burden the meaning of self-consciousness may hint that inner freedom can be attained only when the protagonist can separate his genius for expanding consciousness from his own passion for theatricality.

~ Harold Bloom ~

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