-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most ...
-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights -- Presents complex critical portraits of the most inf...
In Harold Bloom's New York Times bestselling Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, the world's foremost literary critic theorized on the authorship of the historic play Hamlet. In this engaging new stand-alone work, he offers a full and warmly personal account of the play itself, explores its extraordinary impact throughout the history of western literature, and seeks to uncover the mystery at its heart.
In Harold Bloom's New York Times bestselling Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, the world's foremost literary critic theorized on ...
"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books
A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare.
Preeminent literary critic-and ultimate authority on the western literary tradition, Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, wit and insight. At the same time, Bloom...
"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books
A critical novel about the ways in which we absorb various forms of wisdom from the literature we consume, from the author The New York Times calls "the most influential critic of the last quarter-century." In one of his most inspiring books yet, Harold Bloom, our preeminent literary critic, takes the reader from the Bible through the twentieth century, searching for the ways literature can inform lives. Through comparisons of the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes, Plato and Homer, Johnson and Goethe, Cervantes and Shakespeare, Montaigne and Bacon, Emerson and Nietzsche, Freud...
A critical novel about the ways in which we absorb various forms of wisdom from the literature we consume, from the author The New York Times
Shakespeare's multifaceted "Antony and Cleopatra" has been seen on one hand as a romance about the transcendence of love, and on the other as a lesson against neglect of duty. This invaluable new study guide contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on this great play. Useful features include an introduction by Harold Bloom, an accessible summary, analysis of key passages, a comprehensive list of characters, a biography of Shakespeare, and more.
Shakespeare's multifaceted "Antony and Cleopatra" has been seen on one hand as a romance about the transcendence of love, and on the other as a lesson...
Richard Wright found a variety of sources of inspiration for his novels. Marxist, existentialist, Freudian, and Black Nationalist learnings can be found in his enduring and much-studied works, including Black Boy, Native Son, and Uncle Tom's Children. This collection of essays features an introduction by literary scholar Harold Bloom.
Richard Wright found a variety of sources of inspiration for his novels. Marxist, existentialist, Freudian, and Black Nationalist learnings can be fou...
It has been suggested that Hemingway's art has both the virtues and limitations of lyricism--including maximum intensity. This new collection of essays examines the widely read, deeply moving war novel A Farewell to Arms.
It has been suggested that Hemingway's art has both the virtues and limitations of lyricism--including maximum intensity. This new collection of es...
Richard Wright's works are universally acknowledged as a starting point for black literature in contemporary America. Critics speak of the author as a pioneer, a man of rare courage. This volume of essays anzlyses Wright's Native Son.
Richard Wright's works are universally acknowledged as a starting point for black literature in contemporary America. Critics speak of the author as a...
