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Harold Bloom. Penguin Publishing Group, Sep 1, 1995 - Literary Criticism - 560 pages. NATIONAL BESTSELLERNOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD“Heroically brave, formidably learned…. The Western Canon is a passionate demonstration of why some writers have triumphantly escaped the oblivion in which time buries almost all human ...
The Western Canon. (Bloom) In 1994, American literary critic and Yale humanities professor Harold Bloom published a book entitled The Western Canon. In it, he defended the very concept of a "canon" by discussing 26 of its central writers (including Shakespeare, Cervantes, Goethe, Tolstoy, Ibsen, and Borges). At the end of the book is a lengthy ...
13 de jul. de 2016 · On Monday I introduced Harold Bloom ‘s 1994 bestseller, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. I decided to create a “canonical list” in today’s blog for those who are inclined to try to soak in this great radition. Taking the books that Bloom focusses on in each chapter and putting them into list form provides us a good ...
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. The Western Canon. : Harold Bloom. Papermac, 1996 - Canon (Literature) - 578 pages. 7 Reviews. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. This text is a defence of the western literary canon which the author sees being eroded by the tyranny ...
31 de ago. de 2017 · The Western Canon is Bloom's best-known book alongside The Anxiety of Influence (1973), and was a surprise bestseller upon its release in the United States.Bloom argues against what he calls the "School of Resentment", which includes feminist literary criticism, Marxist literary criticism, Lacanians, New Historicism, Deconstructionists, and semioticians.
The problem is, a thing like "the Western Canon" -- especially when it's put in the hands of academics and critics with something to prove -- quickly turns into dogma. It turns from a list of suggestions into a list of the only books that matter. So yeah, if you're looking for a little guidance, I guess Bloom's mega list is a good place to start.
