Harold Bloom's Shakespeare
C. Desmet, Robert Sawyer, "Harold Bloom's Shakespeare"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0312239556 | PDF | pages: 294 | 66.8 mb
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0312239556 | PDF | pages: 294 | 66.8 mb
Harold Bloom's Shakespeare examines the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism. Through focused and sustained study of this writer and his best-selling book, this collection of essays addresses a wide range of issues pertinent to both general readers and university classes: the cultural role of Shakespeare and of a new secular humanism addressed to general readers and audiences; the author as literary origin; the persistence of character as a category of literary appreciation; and the influence of Shakespeare within the Anglo-American educational system. Together, the essays reflect on the ethics of literary theory and criticism.