Harold Bloom
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Bloom instructs readers in how to immerse themselves in the different literary forms." "Probing discussions of the works of writers such as William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Jane Austen, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Charles Dickens, and William Faulkner highlight the varied challenges and delights found in short stories, poems, novels, and plays. Bloom not only provides guidance on how to read a text but also illustrates what such reading...
Author
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest works of American literature, The Red Badge of Courage gazes fearlessly into the bright hell of war through the eyes of one young soldier, the reluctant Henry Fleming. Written by Stephen Crane at the age of twenty-one, the novel imagines the Civil War's terror and loss with an unblinking vision so modern and revolutionary that, upon publication, critics hailed it as a work of literary genius. Ernest Hemingway declared, "There was...
Publisher
Bloom's Literary Criticism
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Through a series critically acclaimed novels, Cormac McCarthy has established himself as a major voice in American fiction of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works are marked by explorations of the nature of evil and the uncontrollable forces that often govern human lives. Includes chronology.
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