Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xx, 508 pages ; 25 cm |
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Summary |
"In arguably his most personal and lasting book, America's most daringly original and controversial critic gives us brief, luminous readings of more than eighty texts by canonical authors-- texts he has had by heart since childhood"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Part 1: A voice she heard before the world was made -- Part 2: Self-otherseeing and the Shakespearean sublime -- Part 3: In the elegy season: John Milton, the visionary company, and Victorian poetry -- Part 4: The imperfect is our paradise: Walt Whitman and 20th century American poetry. |
Subject |
Bloom, Harold -- Books and reading.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- Appreciation.
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Authors and readers.
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Canon (Literature)
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Critics -- Books and reading -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780525520887 (hc) : $35.00 |
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0525520880 (hc) |
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