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Download or read book Shakespeare written by Harold Bloom and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Harold Bloom's Shakespeare by : C. Desmet
Download or read book Harold Bloom's Shakespeare written by C. Desmet and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 reflect on the ethics of literary theory and criticism.
Book Synopsis Hamlet: Poem Unlimited by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book Hamlet: Poem Unlimited written by Harold Bloom and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-03-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Harold Bloom's New York Times bestselling Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, the world's foremost literary critic theorized on the authorship of the historic play Hamlet. In this engaging new stand-alone work, he offers a full and warmly personal account of the play itself, explores its extraordinary impact throughout the history of western literature, and seeks to uncover the mystery at its heart.
Book Synopsis Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages written by Harold Bloom and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for students just beginning their exploration of Shakespeare, this study guide presents some of the best of Shakespeare criticism, since the 17th century. It provides on each of Shakespeare's greatest works, emphasising on the greatest critics in our literary tradition.
Author :Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom Publisher :Chelsea House ISBN 13 :9780791099254 Total Pages : pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (992 download)
Book Synopsis Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages Set, 21-Volumes by : Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom
Download or read book Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages Set, 21-Volumes written by Sterling Professor of the Humanities Harold Bloom and published by Chelsea House. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume in the Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages set contains the finest criticism on a particular work from the Bard's oeuvre, selected under the guidance of renowned Shakespearean scholar, Harold Bloom. Intended for students just beginning their exploration of Shakespeare, these invaluable study guides present the best of Shakespeare criticism, from the 17th century to today. In the process, each volume also charts the flow over time of critical discussion of a particular work.
This essential set is unique not only in the range of commentary it provides on each of Shakespeare's greatest works, but also in its emphasis on the greatest critics in our literary tradition—including such critics as John Dryden in the 17th century, Samuel Johnson in the 18th century, William Hazlitt and Samuel Coleridge in the 19th century, A.C. Bradley and William Empson in the 20th century, and many more. Some of the pieces included are full-length essays; others are excerpts designed to present a key point.
Each title features:
A selection of the best criticism on the work through the centuries
Introductory essays on the development of criticism on the work in each century
A brief biography of Shakespeare
A plot synopsis, list of characters, and analysis of several key passages
Book Synopsis Bloom's how to Write about William Shakespeare by : Paul Gleed
Download or read book Bloom's how to Write about William Shakespeare written by Paul Gleed and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical resource guide for writing essays on William Shakespeare, with advice for students designed to help them develop their analytical skills and understand Shakespeare's works.
Book Synopsis How to Read and Why by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book How to Read and Why written by Harold Bloom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-10-02 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bloom, the best-known literary critic of our time, shares his extensive knowledge of and profound joy in the works of a constellation of major writers, including Shakespeare, Cervantes, Austen, Dickinson, Melville, Wilde, and O'Connor in this eloquent invitation to readers to read and read well.
Download or read book Cleopatra written by Harold Bloom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an in-depth exploration of Shakespeare's character Cleopatra, delving into the complexities of her personality as well as how the author's understanding of her has evolved over the years.
Download or read book Falstaff written by Harold Bloom and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time comes “a timely reminder of the power and possibility of words [and] the last love letter to the shaping spirit of Bloom’s imagination” (front page, The New York Times Book Review) and an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of Falstaff—Shakespeare’s greatest enduring and complex comedic characters. Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare’s three Henry plays: Henry IV, Parts One and Two, and Henry V. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads, him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him—some innocent, some cruel. Falstaff can be lewd, funny, careless of others, a bad creditor, an unreliable friend, and in the end, devastatingly reckless in his presumption of loyalty from the new King. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom writes about Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal. Just as we encounter one type of Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are young adults and another when we are middle-aged, Bloom writes about his own shifting understanding of Falstaff over the course of his lifetime. Ultimately we come away with a deeper appreciation of this profoundly complex character, and this “poignant work” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) as a whole becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity. Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, wrestling with the often tragic choices Shakespeare’s characters make. “In this first of five books about Shakespearean personalities, Bloom brings erudition and boundless enthusiasm” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) and his exhilarating Falstaff invites us to look at a character as a flawed human who might live in our world.
Book Synopsis Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles written by Harold Bloom and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living. . . . Your own mistakes, accidents, failures at otherness beat you down. Rise up at dawn and read something that matters as soon as you can.” So Harold Bloom, the most famous literary critic of his generation, exhorts readers of his last book: one that praises the sustaining power of poetry. "Passionate. . . . Perhaps Bloom’s most personal work, this is a fitting last testament to one of America’s leading twentieth-century literary minds."—Publishers Weekly “An extraordinary testimony to a long life spent in the company of poetry and an affecting last declaration of [Bloom's] passionate and deeply unfashionable faith in the capacity of the imagination to make the world feel habitable”—Seamus Perry, Literary Review "Reading, this stirring collection testifies, ‘helps in staying alive.’“—Kirkus Reviews, starred review This dazzling celebration of the power of poetry to sublimate death—completed weeks before Harold Bloom died—shows how literature renews life amid what Milton called “a universe of death.” Bloom reads as a way of taking arms against the sea of life’s troubles, taking readers on a grand tour of the poetic voices that have haunted him through a lifetime of reading. “High literature,” he writes, “is a saving lie against time, loss of individuality, premature death.” In passages of breathtaking intimacy, we see him awake late at night, reciting lines from Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Montaigne, Blake, Wordsworth, Hart Crane, Jay Wright, and many others. He feels himself “edged by nothingness,” uncomprehending, but still sustained by reading. Generous and clear‑eyed, this is among Harold Bloom’s most ambitious and most moving books.
Author :Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom Publisher :Infobase Publishing ISBN 13 :1438129351 Total Pages :187 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (381 download)
Book Synopsis William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by : Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Download or read book William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar written by Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of critical essays about William Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar.
Book Synopsis William Shakespeare's As You Like it by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book William Shakespeare's As You Like it written by Harold Bloom and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2004 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical overview of the work features the writings of Peter Erickson, Ted Hughes, Harold Bloom, Martha Ronk, and other scholars.
Book Synopsis The Anatomy of Influence by : Harold Bloom
Download or read book The Anatomy of Influence written by Harold Bloom and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads readers through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years.
Author :Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom Publisher :Infobase Publishing ISBN 13 :1438119283 Total Pages :225 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (381 download)
Book Synopsis Cormac McCarthy by : Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom
Download or read book Cormac McCarthy written by Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of critical essays about the works of Cormac McCarthy.
Download or read book Iago written by Harold Bloom and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 the great playwright’s most significant personalities. Few antagonists in all of literature have displayed the ruthless cunning and deceit of Iago. Denied the promotion he believes he deserves, Iago takes vengeance on Othello and destroys him. One of William Shakespeare’s most provocative and culturally relevant plays, Othello is widely studied for its complex and enduring themes of race and racism, love, trust, betrayal, and repentance. It remains widely performed across professional and community theatre alike and has been the source for many film and literary adaptations. Now award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom investigates Iago’s motives and unthinkable actions with razor-sharp insight, agility, and compassion. Why and how does Iago use lies and deception—the fake news of the 15th century—to destroy Othello and several other characters in his path? What can Othello tell us about racism? Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, treating Shakespeare’s characters like people he has known all his life. He delivers exhilarating intimacy and clarity in these pages, writing about his shifting understanding—over the course of his own lifetime—of this endlessly compelling figure, so that Iago also becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for literature as a path to and a measure of our humanity. “There are few readers more astute than Bloom” (Publishers Weekly), and his Iago is a provocative study for our time.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Personality by : Norman Norwood Holland
Download or read book Shakespeare's Personality written by Norman Norwood Holland and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 00 What sort of person was William Shakespeare? Although we know few of the facts of his life, modern psychological techniques enable us to glimpse the man behind the works. The essays in this volume explore the conflicts he dealt with, the defenses he used, and the way writing, acting, and directing served him psychologically. What sort of person was William Shakespeare? Although we know few of the facts of his life, modern psychological techniques enable us to glimpse the man behind the works. The essays in this volume explore the conflicts he dealt with, the defenses he used, and the way writing, acting, and directing served him psychologically.
Download or read book The Book of J written by and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A controversial national best seller 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. J is the title that scholars ascribe to the nameless writer they believe is responsible for the text, written between 950 and 900 BCE, on which Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers is based. In The Book of J, accompanying David Rosenberg's translation, Harold Bloom persuasively argues that J was a woman--very likely a woman of the royal house at King Solomon's court--and a writer of the stature of Homer, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy. Rosenberg's translations from the Hebrew bring J's stories to life and reveal her towering originality and grasp of humanity. Bloom argues in several essays that "J" was not a religious writer but a fierce ironist. He also offers historical context, a discussion of the theory of how the different texts came together to create the Bible, and translation notes.
