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Featuring a collection of cohesive critical essays, this book includes an introduction by Harold Bloom, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.
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Based on the The Canterbury Tales , this work features an introduction by master scholar Harold Bloom, a chronology detailing Chaucer’s life, a bibliography, and an index.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein , a story she wrote at the age of nineteen, is a popular tale, remarkable not only for its striking plot but also its Romantic elements…
Suggests that Melville’s rejection of biblical theology finds powerful expression throughout all of his later fictional prose and his verse. This title gathers together some of the criticism on the…
It has been suggested that Hemingway’s art has both the virtues and limitations of lyricism - including maximum intensity. This collection of essays examines A Farewell to Arms .
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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…
The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner’s fourth novel, was his first attempt at a wholly self-conscious style. Faulkner’s willingness to experiment affords his readers no stable perspective from which…
Harold Bloom is America’s most esteemed literary critic and one of the greatest critical minds of our time. This work contains the best of Bloom’s writing on the greatest novels…
Presents the story of a young man who comes of age at a northern boarding school amidst the backdrop of World War II. This study guide to A Separate Peace…
William Faulkner is one of America’s highly regarded novelists. This volume of critical essays examines The Sound and the Fury ; Light in August ; As I Lay Dying…
John Steinbeck was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962. He wrote such classics as The Grapes of Wrath , Of Mice and Men , The Red…
Along with a collection of excerpts of some of the criticism on Invisible Man , this volume includes a brief biography of the author, detailed character profiles, structural and thematic…
Gathers excerpts of numerous critical essays on the novel. This title discusses topics such as: the symbolic use of the sea, literary naturalism, and Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in…
The Canterbury Tales was the first great poem in the English language. Ideal for research, this title in the Bloom’s Guides series includes excerpts from interpretive essays that provide expert…
Contains some of the criticism available on the play.
J D Salinger’s fiction have captivated readers for more than 50 years. His works include Nine Stories ; Raise High the Roof Beam ; Carpenters ; and Franny and Zooey…
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is not simply a critique of colonialism in the Congo; it is an examination of the human tendency toward self-endangering corruptibility. This collection of critical…
Presents a story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island. This title explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is…
Containing essays about the play, this literary guide features a bibliography and notes on the essay contributors.
Camus’ landmark novel traces the aftermath of a shocking crime and the man whose fate is sealed with one rash and foolhardy act. This title presents readers with a kind…
Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights , set among the rugged beauty of the English moors, is the tragic and passionate story of Catherine and Heathcliff, two lovers drawn together from the…
Part of the Bloom’s Guides series, this book looks at Malcolm X’s education that was eventually completed on the street, in prison, and under the tutelage of Muslim mentors and…
This volume provides guidance to analyzing and writing about Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein.
This volume provides a guide to analyzing and writing about the works of American author Stephen Crane.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure , The Mayor of Casterbridge , ‘Far from the Madding Crowd , and The Return of the Native are some of the Hardy…
This new edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also in this volume is an introductory essay by Yale literature…
This title provides an introduction to romanticism and the romantic poets.
Known for his poetic transformation of New England and nature, Robert Frost has retained his position through the years as one of the essential American poets of the 20th century…
Shakespeare’s most conflicted character leaves a path of murder and chaos in his quest to usurp the throne of Scotland. Ages 16+.
Examines Dante through his works and includes an introduction from Yale scholar Harold Bloom, a chronology of Dante’s life, a bibliography for further reference, and an index.
A collection of critical essays that examine Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises.
This series provides the best contemporary criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights - from the ancients to contemporary writers.
A collection of critical essays on the work of some American women poets.
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A collection of scholarly articles deconstructing the many meanings of Dickens’s Christmas ghost story of redemption.
Cormac McCarthy’s jarring, dystopic vision of a father and son’s fraught journey to an unknown destination earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007. In this new volume, critical…
J.R.R. Tolkien drew on his professorial expertise in Anglo-Saxon literature and the early mythology and folklore of Britain in creating this popular classic centring on the perils of Bilbo Baggins…
1984 paints the bleak picture of a society in which all information is controlled by the government, also known as Big Brother, and notions of individuality become increasingly compromised. Literature…
This reinterpretation of the full sweep of English and American romantic poetry offers close readings of poems of Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Whitman, Yeats, and Stevens. It also…
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND KIRKUS REVIEWS
Hailed as the indispensable critic by The New York…
In this inspiring book, a preeminent literary critic takes readers from the Bible to 20th-century writing, searching for the ways in which literature can inform our lives.
Harold Bloom on The Merchant of Venice: Shylock’s prose is Shakespeare’s best before Falstaff’s…His utterances manifest a spirit so potent, malign, and negative as to be unforgettable.
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Uncovers the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character…
From one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, Harold Bloom presents Othello’s Iago, perhaps the Bard’s most compelling villain-the fourth in a series of five short books about…
Herman Melville was already considered to be a successful author when he wrote Moby-Dick in just under two years. This book offers commentary on the canvas of symbols, themes, and…
This dazzling book is at once an indispensable guide to Stevens’s poetic canon and a significant addition to the literature on the American Romantic movement. It gives authoritative readings of…
