Do both Harold Bloom and Ivor Gurney share success in the literary realm of careers?
Ivor Gurney Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs.
Graham Allen (writer, academic) Graham Allen is a writer and academic from Cork city, Ireland. He is the author of two collections of poetry, "The Madhouse System" (2016) and "The One That Got Away" (2014). He is a former recipient of the Listowel Single Poem Prize, awarded each year at Listowel Writers' Week. As a literary critic, he has published numerous books, including "Harold Bloom: Towards a Poetics of Conflict" (1994), "Intertextuality" (2000), and "Roland Barthes" (2003).