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How to Read and Why

by Harold Bloom

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American's wisest, most prolific reader--and the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human"--draws upon his more than 40 years as a college professor and critic to help readers attain a truly profound engagement with great literature. (Literary Criticism)

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Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, Berg Professor of English at New York University, and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than twenty books include Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, The Western Canon, The Book of J and The Anxiety of Influence. He is a MacArthur Prize fellow; a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the recipient of many awards, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Criticism, and he holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Rome and Bologna.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780684859064

Author:

Bloom, Harold

Publisher:

Scribner

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Literature

Subject:

Reading

Subject:

Books & Reading

Subject:

Books and reading

Subject:

Semiotics & Theory

Subject:

Literature, Modern

Subject:

General Literary Criticism & Collections

Copyright:

2000

Edition Number:

1st Touchtone ed.

Series Volume:

5

Publication Date:

20000605

Binding:

Hardback

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

288

Dimensions:

8.4375 x 5.5 in 15.840 oz

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"Synopsis" by Ingram, American's wisest, most prolific reader--and the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human"--draws upon his more than 40 years as a college professor and critic to help readers attain a truly profound engagement with great literature. (Literary Criticism)