Harold Bloom's Shakespeare examines the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism. Through focused and sustained study of this writer and his best-selling book, this collection of essays addresses a wide range of issues pertinent to both general readers and university classes: the cultural role of Shakespeare and of a new secular humanism addressed to general readers and audiences; the author as literary origin; the persistence of character as a category of literary appreciation; and the influence of Shakespeare within the Anglo-American educational system. Together, the essays...

This volume addresses topics such as trans-and intermedia performances; Shakespearean utopias and dystopias; the ethics of appropriation; Shakespeare and Global justice as well as a section on how to approach the teaching of these topics.