Books by 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 ... More

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Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence has cast its long shadow of influence since it was first published in 1973. Through an insightful study of ... More

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A richly insightful reading of the King James Bible as a literary masterwork, published for the text's 400-year anniversary

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A new book by America's leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom's ... More

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In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads readers through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and ... More

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The second volume in Bloom's series of works which reveal his theory of revisionism, "A Map of Misreading" demonstrates his theory that patterns of ... More

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In this text, Harold Bloom dares to define genius. He ranges across 2500 years, from the 5th century BC through to the year 2002, and touches on all ... More

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More than a required reading list, The Western Canon is a major work of vision by the foremost literary critic in America. In defining the essential ... More

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The great critic presents his personal selection, with commentary, of the finest poems in the English language.

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Five essential and challenging essays by leading post-modern theorists on the art and nature of interpretation: Jacques Derrida, Harold Bloom, ... More

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In the bestselling Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom showed us how Shakespeare shaped human consciousness, and addressed the ... More

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In this fascinating work of religious criticism, Harold Bloom examines a number of American-born faiths: Pentecostalism, Mormonism, Seventh-day ... More

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The "New York Times Magazine" called Bloom "a colossus among critics . . . his enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." In this enchanting ... More

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"Excerpted from The best poems of the English language: from Chaucer through Frost"--T.p. verso.

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In this inspiring book, a preeminent literary critic, takes readers from the Bible to 20th-century writing, searching for the ways in which ... More

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Winner of the Christian Gauss Award of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in 1989, this book surveys the literature of the West from the Old Testament to ... More

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While Bloom is appreciated for his originality, range and clarity, less notice has been taken of the remarkable unity that is displayed in his ... More

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This brilliant and provocative study of Jesus and Yahweh is a paradigm-changing literary criticism that will challenge and illuminate Jews and ... More

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Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's most majestic works. Set in the tumultuous days of ancient Rome, the play is renowned for its memorable ... More

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This collection of stories from Tim O'Brien paints an often-brutal portrait of soldiers' lives during the Vietnam War. More than two decades after ... More

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James Joyce is one of the most revered and influential writers of the 20th century. This Irishman transformed novelistic conventions through ... More

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Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

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From W.H. Auden to Walt Whitman, this collection of last poems by great poetsfeatures extensive commentary by Bloom.

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A literature of black womens courage and experience is at the heart of Maya Angelous writing. She has been called a national institution and the ... More

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