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Harold Bloom's Shakespeare
. Ed(S): Desmet, Christy; Sawyer, Robert
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Description for Harold Bloom's Shakespeare
Hardback. This volume 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. Editor(s): Desmet, Christy; Sawyer, Robert. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DSB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 500.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
292
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312239558
SKU
V9780312239558
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About . Ed(S): Desmet, Christy; Sawyer, Robert
CHRISTY DESMET teaches Shakespeare, Rhetoric, and early modern literature at the University of Georgia. She is the author of Reading Shakepeare's Characters: Rhetoric, Ethics, and Identity (University of Massachusetts Press, 1992). With Robert Sawyer, she has edited Shakespeare and Appropriation (Routledge, 1999). ROBERT SAWYER is a Robert E. Park Fellow at the University of Georgia where he teaches ... Read more
Reviews for Harold Bloom's Shakespeare
"The essays run the gamut of present-day critical studies..." - Library Journal