NATIONAL BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD"Heroically brave, formidably learned… The Western Canon is a passionate demonstration of why some writers have triumphantly escaped the oblivion in which time buries...

"Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages," herausgegeben von Harold Bloom, ist eine sorgfältig kuratierte Sammlung klassischer und zeitloser Geschichten und Gedichte. Das Buch richtet sich an junge Leser ebenso...

"Wonderful. . . . Spectacular. . . . You feel the pulse of life, what poetry can bring to us if we let it." -The Philadelphia Inquirer"This audacious personal odyssey offers readers a cosmos of possibilities when contemplating what...

"Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds" von Harold Bloom ist eine umfassende Untersuchung der Natur des Genies und der kreativen Brillanz. In diesem Buch präsentiert Bloom Porträts von einhundert historischen und...

Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles von Bloom, Harold

"Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds" von Harold Bloom ist eine umfassende Erkundung der Genialität durch die Geschichte hinweg. In diesem Buch untersucht Bloom das Leben und Werk von einhundert herausragenden...

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, Berg Professor of English at New York University and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees. He is the author of more than twenty books. von Bloom, Harold

"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" von Maya Angelou, analysiert in Harold Blooms "Blooms Guides", ist eine Autobiografie, die Angelous frühe Kindheit und Jugend beschreibt. Das Buch behandelt Themen wie Rassismus, Identität, Familie und...

Shakespeare: Die Erfindung des Menschlichen, 1: Kömodien und Historien

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

"To read Bloom's insights here is to bask in the emanation of genius. As entertaining and erudite as his choices of the works he most loves are, the book's overriding strength is the guidance it gives, in context and comprehension."...

Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence, an insightful study of Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist, has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984 and remains a central work of criticism for...