About this title: 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.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781841150383ISBN:184115038X
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: Fourth Estate
Date Published: 2001
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Publisher: FOURTH ESTATE
Date Published: 2000
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780684859064ISBN:0684859068
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 2000
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"The venerable Bloom gives us a quick view of the state of reading with some excellent suggestions for the revival of the art. Of course Bloom is not in such favor nowadays academically and he does harp a bit much over Shakespeare, but his insights and observations make you want to run out to the bookstore to cover some on those titles Bloom deems essential. I'm sharing this one around to all of my reading friends."
Harold Bloom definitely gets off on Shakespeare, and his decision on how good other writers are is based off the criteria of how Shakespearean they are. This book also doesn't go into how to read or why. This book is more about what to read, according to Harold Bloom. His book isn't very Shakespearean though, so I wouldn't bother reading it."
"I've been keeping my eye out in bookshops and libraries for books of this sort: "how to read"-type things. The reason is because of a quiet yet nagging thought in the side of my brain telling me I missed something about reading in my schooling. The thought that despite a young lifetime of private education, some key concepts were either still missing or - worse - forgotten. That, and maybe too much pot. Hehe.
Bloom's how-to-read-book, however, isn't nearly as joyous as a certain Thomas C. Foster's "How to Read Literature Like a Professor." Despite it's marketing-department title, it's infinitely less pretentious and makes generously fewer assumptions about what the reader knows about reading. Basically it assumes you know nothing, which is wonderful."
"This is a good introductory book to Bloom's thoughts on the whole of canonical literature as he sees it. Much of the material can be found in in more expanded fashion in his other books. Consider this Cliff Notes for Harold Bloom."
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