Harold Bloom
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p2005
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Shakespeare invented characters in a new kind of way. He not only gave them personality and depth, he gave them life. Not a life that went simply from point to point, but one that developed rather than unfolded. In so doing, Shakespeare created characters with whom everyone can identify, whether the characters were kings and queens or fools and merchants. Renowned Shakespearian scholar Professor Harold Bloom presents Shakespeare's seven major tragedies...
2) Jane Austen
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c2004
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An introduction to the life and work of eighteenth-century English author Jane Austen, featuring a biographical profile, a critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in her writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.
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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
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1998.
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is an analysis of the central work of the Western canon, and of the playwright who not only invented the English language, but also, as Bloom argues, created human nature as we know it today. Before Shakespeare there was characterization; after Shakespeare, there were characters, men and women capable of change, with highly individual personalities.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a companion to...
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"Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon. He argues against ideology in literary criticism; he laments the loss of intellectual and aesthetic standards; he deplores multiculturalism, Marxism, feminism, neoconservatism, Afrocentrism, and the New Historicism." "Insisting instead upon "the autonomy of the aesthetic," Bloom places Shakespeare at the center of the Western...
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"Frankenstein was Mary Shelley's immensely powerful contribution to the ghost stories which she, Percy Shelley, and Byron devised one wet summer in Switzerland. Its protagonist is a young student of natural philosophy, who learns the secret of imparting life to a creature constructed from relics of the dead, with horrific consequences." "Frankenstein confronts some of the most feared innovations of evolutionism: topics such as degeneracy, hereditary...
10) Joseph Conrad
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2003
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Contains both biographical and critical information on the author and his works including important themes, symbols, and ideas as they appear in his body of work.
11) John Milton
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2002
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Examines the life and work of seventeenth-century English poet John Milton, featuring a biographical profile, critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas in his writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.
12) Geoffrey Chaucer
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c2003
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An introduction to the life and work of fourteenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer, featuring a biographical profile, critical analyses of the themes, symbols, ideas, and other aspects of his writing, a chronology, and a complete bibliography.
13) Lord Byron
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2003
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A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers- Expert analysis by Harold Bloom- A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities
16) William Faulkner
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c2002
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An introduction to the life and work of twentieth-century American author William Faulkner, featuring a biographical profile, a critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in his writing, a selection of critical essays, a chronology, and references.
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1996
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A personal religious testimony by the author in which he discusses the links between angels, dreams, near-death experiences, and the coming of the Millennium, showing how interest in these matters is not new, but can be traced back to the religious traditions of ancient and medieval times.