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Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about and teaching Shakespeare. In this interpretation, Bloom explains Shakespeare’s genius in a re-reading of the plays.
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An anthology of poems which attempts to give readers the possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry.
This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf –Copyright page.
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At last, a major American poet collected for the first time in the sixth volume of the definitive Library of Edition of her works
In his last book, Harold Bloom…
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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…
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An analysis of the kabbalah, a mystical Judaic system. This book provides a study of the Kabbablah itself, of its commentators - the ‘revisionary ratios’ they employed - and of…
Professor Harold Bloom
From Bloom’s now-canonical book Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human come individual meditations on two of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, each with the play’s original text.
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Includes essays that explore the nuances of the author’s fictive world. This study guide features an introductory essay by scholar Harold Bloom, notes on the contributors, and reference features such…
A guide to help students develop their analytical writing skills and critical comprehension of the author, Harper Lee, and her major works.
Harold Bloom realiza un acercamiento literario, critico y ante todo humanista a los personajes que considera mas relevantes de Shakespeare. El primero: Falstaff.
Dos anos antes de su muerte, Harold…
Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, the novelist, humorist, journalist, and orator who came to be known as Mark Twain was renowned for his wit, wisdom, and keen social commentary. This book…
Comprehensive research and study guide.
Critical essays analyze Milan Kundera’s psychological themes found frequently throughout his novels, including sexuality, love, and emotions.
Each title features: - A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world - An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
Chaim Potok’s The Chosen depicting the Jewish experience in America is examined with a brief biographical sketch to provide insight into the author’s life.
Shakespeare’s most conflicted character leaves a path of murder and chaos in his quest to usurp the throne of Scotland.
This series offers a comprehensive look at some of the world’s most important literary masterpieces. The Grapes of Wrath is John Steinbeck’s compelling novel of social justice, chronicling the suffering…
Suggests the fragmentation of civilization following World War I. Because of its changes of speaker, location, and time, as well as its numerous literary and cultural references, this work is…
Joseph Heller’s World War II satire, Catch-22 , poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. It also introduced the Catch-22 catchphrase into everyday vernacular…
The author of Jesus and Yahweh and The Western Canon captures America’s spiritual life in the words of 225 of its greatest poets.
Franz Kafka has been said to have offered everything from a psychological parable of the Oedipal struggle to a caricature of psychological readings. This collection of critical essays features Kafka’s…
From the greatest Shakespeare scholar of our time comes a portrait of Macbeth, one of William Shakespeare’s most complex and compelling anti-heroes-the final volume in a series of five short…
In arguably his most personal and lasting book, America’s most daringly original and controversial critic gives us brief … readings of more than eighty texts by canonical authors–texts he has…
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A story of fireman Guy Montag, a professional book burner, that deals with the incendiary issue of censorship. It features a bibliography and notes on the essay contributors, as well…
A comprehensive collection of interpretive essays that offer commentary on Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings .
Part of the Bloom’s Modern Critical Views series, this work includes a chronology, bibliography, and notes on the contributors.
Hemingway’s last work published during his lifetime remains one of his most popular and best known. A man’s symbolic quest to land the catch of a lifetime engages classic themes…
One of the 20th century’s preeminent novelists, Kurt Vonnegut satirically explored the wrongs of humanity, most notably in Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle . Part of the Bloom’s Modern Critical Views…
A literature of black women’s courage and experience is at the heart of Maya Angelou’s writing. She has been called a national institution and the people’s poet. Part of the…
With the publication of her first novel, The Joy Luck Club , in 1989, Amy Tan was immediately recognized as a major contemporary novelist. Her work focuses on issues of…
The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most popular coming-of-age novels ever written, and its 17-year-old protagonist, Holden Caulfield, has become an icon of teen angst. This book…
A collection of essays that provide a comprehensive critical overview of Beloved , one of the greatest American novels of the last quarter century. It features a chronology of the…
A collection of essays that provide a comprehensive critical overview of Maya Angelou’s autobiography which was nominated for the National Book Award in 1969.
Including a critique of colonialism in the Congo, this is an examination of the human tendency toward self-endangering corruptibility. It also features an annotated bibliography and a listing of other…
Hailed for his novels of post-Depression American life, John Steinbeck has received equal acclaim for his short fiction. This examines the reception and legacy of such enduring works as The…
Though it was the adolescent honesty and attitude of The Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield that initially put J.D. Salinger on the American literary map, it is his short…
This title features F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories. The book also provides a critical interpretation of the works.
Though known for his classic novels centering on young men coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short fiction, which often feature Connecticut Yankees, princes and paupers…
The rise of modernism marked one of the major transitional periods in contemporary literature. The American modernist poets created a rich legacy in their verse explorations of a world touched…
Although ‘The Tempest’ is commonly regarded as a romance, Harold Bloom argues that the author probably thought it a tragicomedy. This text explores Shakespeare’s last great work from a number…
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Considered one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway composed many classic works earning the Nobel Prize in Literature for his efforts. This new volume features…
