ABSTRACT
To repeat, then, how should we read Bloom? At first it appears as if de Bolla has not completely made up his mind, defending Bloom yet in ways that are not exactly an imitation of the Bloomian theories. But this book is an extremely deceptive one, a text that may well take a number of readings before its play of connotative levels can be properly pieced together. De Bolla has apparently chosen the role of disciple, modest hierophant, ‘extending’ the Bloomian mystery cult only in as much as translation takes the esoteric out into the world in which we live. The reality of the matter, however, is more complicated, the disciple rather more independent than he finds it expedient to appear.
