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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of The Western Canon, has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about and teaching Shakespeare. In this magisterial interpretation, Bloom explains Shakespeare's genius in a radical and provocative re-reading of the plays. How to understand Shakespeare, whose ability so far ...

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Long Day's Journey Into Night: Second Edition

Long Day's Journey Into Night: Second Edition more books like this

by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by)

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. This edition, which includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, coincides with a new production of the play starring ...

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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

This text is a defence of the western literary canon which the author sees being eroded by the tyranny of cultural studies and political correctness in the academic and literary world. It is both a survey of the great authors from Dante to Beckett that make up the canon, with Shakespeare at its centre, as well as a polemical assault on the forces ...

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Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain more books like this

by Maria Rosa Menocal, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by)

Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, Maria Menocal now brings us a portrait of a medieval culture where literature, science, and tolerance flourished for 500 years. The story begins as a young prince in exile -- the last heir to an Islamic dynasty -- founds a new kingdom ...

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How to read and why

How to read and why more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

"Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for ...

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Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by)

If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling," writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire ...

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The Book of J

The Book of J more books like this

by David Rosenberg (Translator), Harold Bloom

A controversial national bestseller upon its initial publication, "The Book of J" is an audacious work of literary restoration revealing one of the great narratives of all time and unveiling its mysterious author.

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Hamlet: Poem Unlimited

Hamlet: Poem Unlimited more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom provides his take on Shakespeare's play and its hero in this detailed look at the major elements of the drama and their enduring appeal.

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Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds

Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom weighs in on the subject of genius, beginning with a definition and proceeding to identify genius in 100 practitioners of (mostly) Western literature, including Octavio Paz, Christina Rossetti, Herman Melville, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, and Freud. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

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The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry

The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

This is a study of the Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past 20 years. It is intended for scholars and students of Romantic poetry, 18th ...

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Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

Harold Bloom meditates on what makes literature rich and lasting, and posits three criteria: aesthetic value, intellectual power, and wisdom. As Bloom meanders purposefully through the canon of Western literature, he provides examples--from Ecclesiastes to Proust--of works that meet his standards, and in passing, comments on the importance of ...

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Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

The erudite and bold Harold Bloom once again applies his prodigious learning to religion and texts in this close reading of the biblical writings on two central figures: Yahweh and Jesus. Bloom examines what is known of the historical Jesus of Nazareth, and he analyzes and compares the many representations of Christ in the Gospels. His inventive ...

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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by)

Almost all other poetry anthologies have been edited and annotated by a committee of scholars. This is entirely Bloom's selection with his own inimitable commentary. This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by ...

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The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: 1800 to the Present more books like this

by Sir Frank Kermode, Professor John Hollander, Professor Harold Bloom

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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by)

A collection of key works of English language poetry encompasses works that have been written over the course of six centuries and shares some of the selector's critical reflections from the past half century.

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The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume IV: Romantic Poetry and Prose more books like this

by Sir William Golding, Lionel Trilling (Editor), Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

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Yeats more books like this

by Harold Bloom

At once praised and condemned by his contemporaries and by critics ever since for his highly complex poetic vision, William Butler Yeats remains one of the most important and controversial twentieth-century poets. In what has become a classic work of literary criticism, award-winning critic Harold Bloom breaks new ground with his radical ...

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John Steinbeck's The grapes of wrath more books like this

by Harold Bloom

-- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work -- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters -- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes

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Anton Chekhov more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

- History's greatest playwrights are covered in one set- Expert analyses by Harold Bloom and other notable critics- Ideal for class use- A must for all serious students of literature- Edited by an award-winning writer/educatorEach Volume, Covering Three To Five Plays, Includes: - User's guide- Editor's note and introduction by Harold Bloom- A ...

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The Complete Poems of Hart Crane more books like this

by Hart Crane

Hart Crane, prodigiously gifted and tragically doom-eager, was the American peer of Shelley, Rimbaud, and Lorca. Born in Garrettsville, Ohio, on July 21, 1899, Crane died at sea on April 27, 1932, an apparent suicide. A born poet, totally devoted to his art, Crane suffered his warring parents as well as long periods of a hand-to-mouth existence. ...

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Book of J more books like this

by Harold Bloom

In this work of literary restoration, Harold Bloom and David Rosenberg recover a lost masterpiece by a nameless writer know as J, author of the oldest and most powerful stories in the Bible. Religious tradition ascribes authorship of the Pentateuch - the first five books of the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Old Testament - to Moses, but scholars ...

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Jane Austen more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

Noted for her witty depictions of English country life and sharply satirical views of class structure and human behavior, 19th-century novelist, Jane Austen's works, which include such classics as "Emma" and "Pride and Prejudice", possess a timeless appeal for both general readers and literary scholars. This volume from the new "Bloom's Classic ...

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American Religious Poems: An Anthology more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor), Jesse Zuba (Editor)

The author of "Jesus and Yahweh" and "The Western Canon" captures America's spiritual life in the words of 225 of its greatest poets.

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Macbeth more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom

This is a useful guide to studying Shakespeare's enthralling tragedy. "Macbeth" is Shakespeare's stark tale of a tormented nobleman driven into a murderous plot by his ambition to assume the throne of Scotland. This new study guide to "Macbeth" includes a selection of the finest criticism from the 17th and 18th centuries up to the 21st, providing ...

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Emily Dickinson more books like this

by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor)

Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous American poets of the 19th century, is known for her preferred seclusion from the outside world. The vast majority of her poems were published posthumously, as she kept her writing private. This relevant critical guide offers perceptive interpretations of Dickinson and her creative output. Freshly updated ...

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