How to Read and Why (2001)
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Literary Criticism At a time when faster and easier electronic media threaten to eclipse reading and literature, the au…
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is represented on Book-Sharing with 22 books, especially in Literary Criticism, Juvenile Nonfiction. Popular entries include How to Read and Why, The Anxiety of Influence.
The Anxiety of Influence (1997)
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Literary Criticism Harold Bloom's most influential work on the theory of poetic influence. A central work of criticism …
A Map of Misreading (2003)
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Literary Criticism Harold Bloom's second work on revisionism theory demonstrates how patterns of imagery in poems repre…
The Trickster (2010)
Fools and jesters in literatureA volume in Bloom's Literary Themes series on exploration and colonization in world literature: Hear…
Henry James (2009)
Presents critical analyses of five novels by Henry James, each with a plot summary and list of chara…
Ben Jonson (2009)
English dramaThis edition analyzes four of Jonson's works, including Volpone, The Alchemist, Every Man in His Hum…
Thomas Hardy (2009)
Provides reviews of six prominent works by the poet Thomas Hardy along with criticism and thematic a…
J.R.R. Tolkien (2008)
Juvenile NonfictionExplores the author's literary work through critical essays that examine such themes as the Middle-E…
Norman Mailer (2003)
Juvenile NonfictionAn American novelist, journalist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter and film director, Norman…
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (2010)
Fathers and daughters in literatureThe Crucible still has permanence and relevance a half century after its initial publication. This p…
Aldous Huxley (2010)
A collection of critical essays on Aldous Huxley and his work, with a chronology of his life. Edited…
George Orwell, Updated Edition (2009)
A volume from Harold Bloom's Modern Critical Views series, collecting essays of literary criticism o…
Stephen King (2009)
Literary CriticismBiography and critical assessment of Stephen King's work. Part of Harold Bloom's series on major aut…
Essayists and Prophets (2009)
Biography & AutobiographyA collection of Harold Bloom's introductions from the Modern Critical Views series, focusing on twen…
Novelists and Novels (2009)
Literary CriticismHarold Bloom's introductions to the world's greatest novelists, including Cervantes, Dickens, Austen…
Dramatists and Dramas (2009)
Literary CriticismA collection of Harold Bloom's introductions from the Modern Critical Views series, focusing on dram…
Poets and Poems (2009)
Literary CriticismA collection of Harold Bloom's introductions from the Modern Critical Views series, focusing on poet…
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird (2009)
Fathers and daughters in literatureA critical overview of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel features the writings of Fred Erisman, Willi…
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five (2009)
Presents a collection of critical essays about Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-five.
El ángel caÃdo (2008)
Literary CollectionsHarold Bloom, autor de El canon occidental, ha escrito este precioso libro regalo donde vuelve a com…
The Lord of the Rings (2008)
Literary CriticismCritical essays on Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings from various schools of criticism. With an introd…
Die Kunst der Lektüre (2000)
Diese Einführung in die 'Kunst des Lesens' ist nicht an theoretischen Einsichten orientiert, sondern…