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1	Long Day's Journey Into Night: Second Edition more books like this by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by) add to wishlist Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play "Long Day's Journey into Night" is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has sold more than one million copies. This edition includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, and coincides with a new production of the play starring Brian ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £9.24! \| first editions
2	How to read and why more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom writes about reading in an electronic age, making distinctions between information and knowledge (not to mention wisdom) and pointing out the indispensable virtues of such literary icons as Shakespeare, Austen, and Chekhov. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £4.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist This text is a defence of the western literary canon which the author sees being eroded by the tyranny of cultural studies and political correctness in the academic and literary world. It is both a survey of the great authors from Dante to Beckett that make up the canon, with Shakespeare at its centre, as well as a polemical assault on the forces ... see all copies from £7.47! new only from £10.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain more books like this by Maria Rosa Menocal, Professor Harold Bloom (Foreword by) add to wishlist This history of the Andalusian legacy reveals how, for a time, the three monotheistic faiths were able to coexist comfortably amongst each other and flourish. see all copies from £7.68! new only from £10.22! \| first editions
5	Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom weighs in on the subject of genius, beginning with a definition and proceeding to identify genius in 100 practitioners of (mostly) Western literature, including Octavio Paz, Christina Rossetti, Herman Melville, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, and Freud. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from £3.10! new only from £6.79! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by) add to wishlist The "New York Times Magazine" called Bloom "a colossus among critics . . . his enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." In this enchanting anthology, Bloom brings his love of literature to the younger generation as he presents favorite poems and stories by well-known children's writers, and introduces works by authors better known for ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £11.53! \| first editions
7	Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom, author of THE WESTERN CANON and editor of hundreds of critical works, unpacks a lifetime of experience with Shakespeare and his characters. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £6.46! new only from £10.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist The erudite and bold Harold Bloom once again applies his prodigious learning to religion and texts in this close reading of the biblical writings on two central figures: Yahweh and Jesus. Bloom examines what is known of the historical Jesus of Nazareth, and he analyzes and compares the many representations of Christ in the Gospels. His inventive ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist This is a study of the Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past 20 years. It is intended for scholars and students of Romantic poetry, 18th ... see all copies from £5.82! new only from £8.92!
10	The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Frost more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by) add to wishlist Harold Bloom chooses the poetry he considers essential to literature in English, including the famous, the used-to-be-famous, and the relatively obscure. Perhaps most importantly, Bloom introduces each one with a short headnote exemplifying his own particular brand of passion, erudition, and accessibility. see all copies from £6.24! new only from £70.60! \| first editions
11 view cover	Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom meditates on what makes literature rich and lasting, and posits three criteria: aesthetic value, intellectual power, and wisdom. As Bloom meanders purposefully through the canon of Western literature, he provides examples--from Ecclesiastes to Proust--of works that meet his standards, and in passing, comments on the importance of ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Yeats more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist At once praised and condemned by his contemporaries and by critics ever since for his highly complex poetic vision, William Butler Yeats remains one of the most important and controversial twentieth-century poets. In what has become a classic work of literary criticism, award-winning critic Harold Bloom breaks new ground with his radical ... see all copies from £3.40! new only from £16.28! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Oxford Anthology of English Literature: Volume IV: Romantic Poetry and Prose more books like this by Sir William Golding, Lionel Trilling (Editor), Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £7.08! new only from £32.83!
14 view cover	The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Selected by) add to wishlist Almost all other poetry anthologies have been edited and annotated by a committee of scholars. This is entirely Bloom's selection with his own inimitable commentary. This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by ... see all copies from £7.42! new only from £8.71!
15 view cover	F. Scott Fitzgerald more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Professor Bloom has written a lengthy introduction and presents essays by major critics from a variety of perspectives on the work of the representative writer of America's Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald. see all copies from £1.65! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
16 view cover	Nathaniel Hawthorne more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Nineteenth-century novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne is a key figure in the development of American literature. "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables" are cited among his major achievements, along with a number of haunting short stories, such as "The Minister's Black Veil." Born in Salem, Massachusetts, ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £11.25!
17 view cover	Edgar Allan Poe more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Professor Bloom has written a lengthy introduction and presents essays by major critics from a variety of perspectives on the work of the American poet and master of the short story. see all copies from £6.11! new only from £8.29!
18 view cover	Leaves of Grass: The First 1855 Edition more books like this by Walt Whitman, Professor Harold Bloom (Introduction by) add to wishlist LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's monumental and enormously influential book, was his life's work, going through nine different editions from its first publication in 1855 to the famous "deathbed edition" published the year he died (1892). Influenced by Eastern religions, his years as a journalist, the Civil War, 19th-century expansionism, Nature, the ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £8.90!
19 view cover	Sophocles' Oedipus Rex more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Written by Sophocles around 425 BCE, "Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus the King" is a classic Greek tragedy in that it depicts the search for self-understanding, and the struggle between man and fate. The story forms the foundation for the symbolic conflict between fathers and sons. Bloom's "Modern Critical Interpretations" offers a range of salient ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £14.73! \| first editions
20 view cover	Tennessee Williams more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Tennessee Williams is recognized as one of America's greatest dramatists, and as an innovator of post-World War II theater. He looked for a mechanism for portraying the truth in theater at a time when traditional approaches no longer worked. Bold with form as well as subject matter, Williams confronted audiences with what had been taboo topics - ... see all copies from £6.22! new only from £15.74! \| first editions
21 view cover	Emily Dickinson more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Professor Bloom has written a lengthy introduction and presents essays by major critics from a variety of perspectives on the work of the nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickinson. see all copies from £6.43! new only from £16.26! \| first editions
22 view cover	Charles Dickens more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Professor Bloom has written a lengthy introduction and presents essays by major critics from a variety of perspectives on the work of the great nineteenth century English novelist and author of "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Oliver Twist". see all copies from £6.11! new only from £6.11! \| first editions
23 view cover	Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Contains some of the criticism available on the play. see all copies from £9.50! new only from £22.61!
24 view cover	Christina Rossetti more books like this by Samuel Arkin, Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Christina Rossetti, considered to be one of the finest Victorian poets, is perhaps best known for her poem 'Goblin Market'. Other poems discussed in this volume include 'Remember', 'Echo' and 'Passing Away'. Ages 14+. see all copies from £6.84! new only from £7.74!
25 view cover	Hamlet: Poem Unlimited more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom add to wishlist Harold Bloom provides his take on Shakespeare's play and its hero in this detailed look at the major elements of the drama and their enduring appeal. see all copies from £5.43! new only from £8.82! \| signed copies \| first editions

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