Bloom's Modern Critical Views
Series · 150
books · 1897-2011
Books in series
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A.R. Ammons
1986
Modern Critical Views is an impressive gathering of thought-provoking contemporary criticism on those poets, novelists and playwrights of the English language who are most widely appreciated and studied by readers everywhere. A. R. Ammons is the subject of this volume.
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African-American Poets
Phillis Wheatley through Melvin B. Tolson
2001
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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Agatha Christie
2001
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#7
Aldous Huxley
2002
A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the British author.
#8
Alexander Pope
1986
Eleven previously published critical essays on the works of the satirical eighteenth-century English poet.
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Alexander Pushkin
1987
A collection of critical essays on the Russian writer and his works, arranged in chronological order of original publication.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
2000
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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Alice Munro
1994
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study
\- A useful chronology of the writer's life
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
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Alice Walker
1990
Gathers critical essays representing literary discussions about Alice Walker and her work, including essays on some of her specific works, Walker's relationship to other authors, and her treatment of gender and race themes.
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American and Canadian Women Poets
1930-Present
2002
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#15
American Modernist Poets
2011
The rise of modernism marked one of the major transitional periods in contemporary literature. The American modernist poets created a rich legacy in their verse explorations of a world touched by war, rapid industrialization, and the growing perceived alienation of the individual. The innovators featured in this volume include Ezra Pound, e.e. cummings, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Carl Sandburg and their abiding influences. Critical essays examine these poets and their works, with a chronology, bibliography, index, and an introductory essay by master scholar Harold Bloom completing the title.
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American Women Poets
1986
American poetry has been shaped and deeply influenced by the wealth of female voices that have contributed to its originality and vivacity through the years. From the colonial era's Phillis Wheatley to the new voices of the 21st century, this volume surveys the ongoing contributions and critical legacy of the United States' diverse women poets. This indispensible collection of critical essays highlights the prominent American women poets who have made an impact on the genre. American Women Poets includes an introduction from literary scholarly Harold Bloom, a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.
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American Women Poets 1650-1950
2002
Presents critical perspectives on the works of American women poets, including Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Marianne Moore.
#18
Amy Tan
1999
With the publication of her first novel, 'The Joy Luck Club', in 1989, Amy Tan was immediately recognized as a major contemporary novelist. This book is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, notes on the contributors, and an introductory essay by noted literature professor Harold Bloom.
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Andre Malraux
1989
#20
Andrew Marvell
1989
About The "Authentic literature doesn't divide us," the scholar and literary critic Harold Bloom once said. "It addresses itself to the solitary individual or consciousness." Revered and sometimes reviled as a champion of the Western canon, Bloom insists on the importance of reading authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Chaucer—not because they transmit certain approved cultural values, but because they transcend the limits of culture, and thus enlarge rather than constrict our sense of what it means to be human. As Bloom explained in an interview, "Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage everywhere. Everyone feels that they are represented by him on the stage." Bloom began his career by tackling the formidable legacy of T.S. Eliot, who had dismissed the English Romantic poets as undisciplined nature-worshippers. Bloom construed the Romantic poets' visions of immortality as rebellions against nature, and argued that an essentially Romantic imagination was still at work in the best modernist poets. Having restored the Romantics to critical respectability, Bloom advanced a more general theory of poetry. His now-famous The Anxiety of Influence argued that any strong poem is a creative "misreading" of the poet's predecessor. The book raised, as the poet John Hollander wrote, "profound questions about... how the prior visions of other poems are, for a true poet, as powerful as his own dreams and as formative as his domestic childhood." In addition to developing this theory, Bloom wrote several books on sacred texts. In The Book of J, he suggested that some of the oldest parts of the Bible were written by a woman. The Book of J was a bestseller, but it was the 1994 publication of The Western Canon that made the critic-scholar a household name. In it, Bloom decried what he called the "School of Resentment" and the use of political correctness as a basis for judging works of literature. His defense
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Anthony Burgess
1987
Book by Golding, William
#24
Arthur Rimbaud
1988
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Asian-American Writers
1998
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study
\- A useful chronology of the writer's life
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
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Bernard Malamud
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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The Bible
1988
Presents selections of literary criticism devoted to the Bible.
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Bloom's Modern Critical Views
2005
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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Blaise Pascal
1989
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Bloom's Modern Critical Views Set
2009
The Bloom's Modern Critical Views series provides the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights—from the ancients to contemporary writers. Each volume opens with an introductory essay by Harold Bloom in which he offers his insights into the author's work, followed by a representative selection of the best contemporary criticism of the writer. Also included in each volume are bibliographic references, notes on the various contributors, and a useful chronology of the writer's life. Bloom's Modern Critical Views is an in-depth presentation of masters who have shaped the Western literary tradition.
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Bloom's Modern Critical Views Set, 105-Volumes
2011
Book by Bloom, Professor Harold
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Bloom's Modern Critical Views
2007
Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
#36
Bloom's Modern Critical Views Set, 119-Volumes
2005
Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
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Bloom's Modern Critical View Set
2008
Book by Bloom, Harold
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C.S. Lewis
2006
Each title features:
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
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Carl Gustav Jung
1992
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Carson McCullers
1986
Contains critical essays which analyze the works of Carson McCullers and offers a brief chronology of her life.
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Cervantes
1987
\- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
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Charles Baudelaire
1987
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Cleopatra
1990
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Contemporary Poets
1988
Critical essays on the works of twenty-eight modern American poets.
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Cormac McCarthy
2001
A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the American novelist.
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Cynthia Ozick
1986
A gathering of a representative selection of the best contemporary criticism of the poets,novelists,essayists, and playwrights of the Western world who are most widely studied and read.
#54
Daniel Defoe
1987
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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Dante
1986
A collection of essays about the works of the Italian poet
#56
David Mamet
2003
Mamet gained regard as a leading American playwright and screenwriter with such works as "The Postman Always Rings Twice and the 1984 Pulitzer Prizewinning play, Glengarry Glen Ross.
#57
Don DeLillo
2003
Essays on such works as "Mao II" and "White Noise" depict writer Don DeLillo's vision of American culture, as well as his dedication to modern literature.
#58
Doris Lessing
1986
Dubbed an iconoclast, Doris Lessing experimented with radical change. Her fiction shifted between realistic, mystical, and science fiction, and achieved a statement of political and social consequence with each book. Study Lessing's work through some of the most respected criticism on the subject.
This title, Doris Lessing, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Doris Lessing through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Doris Lessing, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
#59
Dr. Sam Johnson & James Boswel
1987
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E.L. Doctorow
1994
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#61
E.M. Forster
1987
Retired library copy with all the usual library markings and the dustjacket protected by an archival quality mylar, NOT priceclipped, clean, nice and tight.
#63
Edwin Arlington Robinson
1988
A collection of nine critical essays discussing the American poet, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
#64
Elizabeth B. Browning
2001
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#65
Elizabeth Bishop
1985
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Elizabethan Dramatists
1986
A collection of critical essays on major sixteenth and seventeenth-century English dramatists and their works.
#68
Emile Zola
2003
Leader of the 19th-century naturalist movement in France, Zola's major works include "Germinal and "Nana, both part of the "Rougon-Macquert Cycle.
#69
Emily Dickinson
1985
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#73
Ezra Pound
1987
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G.K. Chesterton
2006
Each title features:
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
#80
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
1989
A collection of eighteen critical essays on the Colombian writer, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
#82
Geoffrey Hill
1986
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George Orwell
1987
A collection of critical essays discuss the works of English novelist, George Orwell.
#86
Gerard Manley Hopkins
1986
Book by William Golding
#87
Gershom Scholem
1987
This book is a collection of critical essays on the works of Gershom Scholem.
#88
Gertrude Stein
1986
Gertrude Stein (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)
#89
Graham Greene
1987
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#90
Gustave Flaubert
1989
A collection of fourteen critical essays on the French writer, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
#91
Gwendolyn Brooks
2000
Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.
#92
H.D.
1989
A collection of nine critical essays on the American poet and novelist, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
#93
H.G. Wells
2005
\- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
\- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
#94
Hans Christian Andersen
2004
A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the Danish writer.
#95
Harold Pinter
1987
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Hart Crane
2003
Harold Bloom refers to Hart Crane as a prophet of American Orphism, of the Emersonian and Whitmanian Native Strain in our national literature. This text offers criticism of his work from some of the most respected authorities on the subject. Studied works include "Voyages," "Repose of Rivers," "Proem: To Brooklyn Bridge," "The Tunnel," and "The Broken Tower."
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. History's greatest poets are covered in one series with expert analysis by Harold Bloom and other critics. These texts offer a wealth of information on the poets and their works that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.
#99
Henry Fielding
1987
A collection of eleven critical essays on the eighteenth-century writer, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
#102
Hispanic-American Writers (Bloom's Modern Critical Views
1998
Offers critical perspectives on the many Hispanic authors who have staked out a vibrant and burgeoning presence on the American literary scene. This book includes a chronology, bibliography, notes on the contributors, and an introductory essay.
#104
Honore De Balzac
2002
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writersLa Comedie Humaine, Balzac's extraordinary 20-volume fictionalized history of France, has had a tremendous impact on the modern novel.
#105
Iris Murdoch
1986
Golding, William
#108
Ivan Turgenev
1994
\- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
#113
James Baldwin
1986
Having true international appeal, James Baldwin was as well known in Istanbul and Paris as he was in Harlem. His reputation was made on incendiary and eloquent essays written and published to mass acclaim in the late 1950s and early 1960s as well as a trio of early novels dealing with racism, sexuality, violence, and religion. Among his lauded works are Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and the controversial Giovanni's Room. Students will benefit from this updated volume from the Bloom's Modern Critical Views series; it provides an academic yet accessible overview of this boundary-breaking writer that is ideal for research papers.
#114
James Dickey
1987
A collection of nine critical essays on the work of James Dickey, arranged in chronological order of original publication.
#116
James Merrill
1985
As a complete critical portrait this volume contains essays on Merrill's writing by John Hollander, Helen Vendler and Charles Berget. Reprinted in the order of their publication, they provide an absorbing chronicle of modern critical responses to Merrill's work.
#118
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1988
A selection of critical essays, arranged in chronological order of publication, devoted to the works of the eighteenth-century French author and philosopher.
#119
Jean-Paul Sartre
2001
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#120
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
2002
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John Berryman
1989
Book by Golding, William
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John Dryden
1987
A collection of twelve critical essays on the work of Dryden, arranged in chronological order of original publication.
#125
John Irving
2000
Explores the author's literary works through critical essays that explore Irving's popularity, narrative perspective, and post-modernism from a variety of viewpoints.
#127
John le Carré
1986
A selection of criticism-arranged in chronological order of publication, devoted to the fiction of John le Carrâe.
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John Ruskin
1986
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José Saramago
2004
\- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
\- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
#135
Joyce Carol Oates
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#139
Kurt Vonnegut
1994
One of the 20th century's preeminent novelists, Kurt Vonnegut satirically explored the wrongs of humanity, most notably in 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and 'Cat's Cradle'. This book is enhanced by a chronology, bibliography, notes on the contributors, and an introductory essay by noted literary scholar Harold Bloom.
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Leo Tolstoy
2000
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers.
#142
Lewis Carroll
1988
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#146
Marianne Moore
1986
A collection of critical essays on the poetry of Marianne Moore. Also includes a chronology of events in her life.
#149
Matthew Arnold
1986
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Maya Angelou
1998
Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.
#151
Michel De Montaigne
1987
A collection of criticial essays on Montaigne and his works arranged in chronological order of publication.
#152
Miguel de Cervantes
2000
Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.
#154
Modern Critical Views Series I, 115 Vol.
1986
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Modern Critical Views Series
1994
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Nathanael West
1986
Hardcover
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Native American Writers
1998
Native Americans have produced some of the most powerful and lyrical literature ever written in North America. This volume examines some of the finest Native American writers, including Joy Harjo, Louise Erdrich, James Welch, Sherman Alexie, N. Scott Momaday, Samsom Occom, Zitkala-Sa, and Leslie Marmon Silko.
#160
Norman Mailer
1986
This title, Norman Mailer, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Norman Mailer through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Norman Mailer, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
Essays of critical interpretation portray views of Norman Mailer's work, including Of a Fire on the Moon, Barbary Shore, and Tough Guys Don't Dance.
#161
Octavio Paz
2001
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#162
Oliver Goldsmith
1987
Essays of literary criticism on the works of the eighteenth-century writer who engaged in a wide variety of occupations before embarking on a literary career.
#164
Pablo Neruda
1989
A collection of nineteen critical essays on the Chilean writer and his work, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
#166
Paul Valery
1989
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
1985
Includes biographical information about the poet, and provides thematic analyses and critical views of his major poems including "Ozymandias," "To a Skylark," "Ode to the West Wind," "Adonais," and "The Triumph of Life."
#168
Petrarch
1989
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Philip Roth
1986
This title, Philip Roth, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Philip Roth through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Philip Roth, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
#170
Poets of Sensibility and the Sublime
1986
A collection of critical essays on English poetry during the Age of Sensibility and the Sublime, the half-century between the death of Alexander Pope in 1744 and the death of Robert Burns in 1796.
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Pre-Raphaelite Poets
1986
This volume brings together the best criticism available upon the major Pre-Raphaelite Dante Gabriel Rossetti, George Meredith, Christina Rossetti, William Morris, Algernon Charles Swinburne and Coventry Patmore.
#174
Ray Bradbury
2000
Examines the author's literary works through critical essays that explore Bradbury's science fiction stories, gothic romances, and frontier myths from a variety of viewpoints.
#177
Robert Frost
1986
\- A biographical and critical review of the world's most important writers- Expert analysis by Harold Bloom- A wealth of information on the writers that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities
#178
Robert Graves
1987
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Robert Hayden (Bloom's Modern Critical Views
2004
Robert Hayden looms as one of the most technically gifted and conceptually expansive poets in American letters. Attending to the specifics of race and culture, Hayden's takes up the sobering concerns of African American social and political plight. An award winning poet Hayden's poetry celebrates human essence.
#181
Robert Lowell
1987
A collection of critical essays on Lowell and his works arranged in chronological order of publication.
#182
Robert Penn Warren
1986
Robert Penn Warren has been called our most eminent man of letters, a truism vitalized by his extraordinary persistence of development into a great poet. Take a look at his work through the eyes of some of the best modern critics. This title, Robert Penn Warren, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Robert Penn Warren through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Robert Penn Warren, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
#184
Samuel Beckett
1985
Samuel Beckett was the 1969 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. Examine his work through the eyes of numerous modern critics. This title, Samuel Beckett, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Samuel Beckett through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Samuel Beckett, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.
#185
Samuel Richardson
1897
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Saul Bellow
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#188
Seamus Heaney
1986
Heaney, Seamus, — 1939- — Criticism and interpretation. Northern Ireland—In literature.
#189
Sean O' Casey
1987
Book by Harold Bloom,William Golding
#190
Sigmund Freud
1985
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#191
Sinclair Lewis
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#192
Soren Kierkegaard
1989
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Stendhal
1989
A selection of modern criticism on the writings of Marie Henri Beyle.
#194
Stephane Mallarme
1987
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Theodore Roethke
1988
A collection of eight critical essays on Roethke's poetry arranged in chronological order of publication.
#200
Thomas Carlyle
1986
Vintage retired library hardcover has a lovely decorative dustjacket nicely protected in mylar. Has all the usual library markings, clean book and built to stay that way.
#201
Thomas Hardy
1986
A collection of critical essays on Hardy, his novels, and poems with a chronology of events in the author's life.
#204
Thomas Wolfe
2000
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#205
Tobias Smollett
1987
Hardcover. Very good condition. Dust jacket good condition, with slight edge and shelf wear. RB
#207
Tom Wolfe
2000
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#208
Tony Kushner
2005
\- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
\- Introductory essay by Harold Bloom
#209
Truman Capote
2009
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study
\- A useful chronology of the writer's life
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
#210
Ursula K. Le Guin
1985
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#211
Victor Hugo
1987
A collection of twelve critical essays on the works of the nineteenth-century writer, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
#212
Virgil
1986
Thirteen critical essays on Virgil and his works.
#214
Vladimir Nabokov
1987
A selection of criticism, arranged in chronological order of publication, devoted to the writings of Vladimir Nabokov.
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W.H. Auden
1986
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Walker Percy
1986
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Wallace Stevens
1985
Wallace Stevens established himself as a preeminent person in American letters. He is said to have elucidated the path toward the supreme fiction. Learn more about Stevens with this edition of Bloom's Major Poets.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. History�s greatest poets are covered in one series with expert analysis by Harold Bloom and other critics. These texts offer a wealth of information on the poets and their works that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.
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Walter Pater
1985
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William Butler Yeats
1986
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William Carlos Williams
1986
A collection of critical essays on Williams and his works. Also includes a chronology of events in his life.
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William Gaddis
1994
From the time "J R won the National Book Award in 1976, Gaddis has been recognized as one of the foremost voices in post-war fiction.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Harold Bloom
To Soar in Atonement: Art as Expiation in Gaddis’s The Recognitions by Joseph S. Salemi
“For a Very Small Audience”: The Fiction of William Gaddis by
Susan Strehle Klemtner
No More Sea Changes: Hawkes, Pynchon, Gaddis, and Barth by
John Z. Guzlowski
“il miglior fabbro”: Gaddis’ Debt to T.S. Eliot by Miriam Fuchs
Love and Strife in William Gaddis’ JR Stephen by H. Matanle
Ironic Allusiveness and Satire in William Gaddis’s The Recognitions by Elaine B. Safer
Carpenter’s Gothic; or, The Ambiguities by Steven Moore
Toward Postmodern Fiction by John Johnston
At Home in Babel by Jonathan Raban
A Frolic of His Own: Whose Law? Whose Justice? by Christopher J. Knight
The Importance of Being Negligible by Peter Wolfe
Chronology
Contributors
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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William Hazlitt
1986
Like New
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William Makepeace Thackeray
1987
A collection of thirteen critical essays, arranged in chronological order of publication, devoted to the works of the nineteenth-century English writer.
#229
William Shakespeare - Histories
2009
Critical essays discuss the plot, characters, and themes of Shakespeare's histories.
#232
William Shakespeare
Comedies and Romances
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
#233
William Shakespeare
Histories and Poems
1986
\— Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
\— Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world—from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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William Shakespeare
Romances (Bloom's Modern Critical Views
2010
The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Measure for Measure, and All's Well That Ends Well have fascinated scholars for centuries for, among other aspects, the ways they resist an obvious genre classification. While these stories of love and familial recognition bear elements of romantic conflict, Shakespeare integrated aspects of the comedic and tragic as well in these complex works. Renowned Shakespearean scholar Harold Bloom introduces this volume of critical essays about the Bard and his romantic plays, and a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an index will be helpful to researchers.
#235
William Shakespeare
Tragedies
1985
\- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
\- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study
\- A useful chronology of the writer's life
\- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
#237
Zora Neale Hurston
1986
Zora Neale Hurston was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Her most famous novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, a classic in the African-American canon, depicts a woman's struggle for self-empowerment. This work takes a critical look at Hurston's work and its influence on contemporary themes, such as race and gender in American society.
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Gabriel Welsch
Author · 1 books
For nearly 15 years, Gabriel Welsch worked in the ornamental horticulture and landscaping industries in roles as a crew grunt, production grower, plant buyer, landscape foreman, and garden designer before working in higher education teaching and administration. He writes fiction and poetry. Groundscratchers, his first colection of short fiction, was published by Tolsun Books in 2021. He also is the author of four collections of poems: The Four Horsepersons of a Disappointing Apocalypse, The Death of Flying Things, An Eye Fluent in Gray, and Dirt and All Its Dense Labor. His work has appeared widely, in journals including Mid-American Review, Ploughshares, Georgia Review, New Letters, Southern Review, Chautauqua, Harvard Review, Ascent, and on Verse Daily and in Ted Kooser’s column “American Life in Poetry.” A native of Maine and a graduate of the MFA program at Penn State, he now lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with his family, and works as vice president of marketing and communications at Duquesne University.
Lisa Trumbauer
Author · 17 books
Lisa Trumbauer has written early-learner books for Scholastic's Jump Start series and published numerous other activity books, picture books, and novels for middle-school readers, including the New York Times bestseller A Practical Guide to Dragons.
Harold Bloom
Author · 172 books
Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than forty books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies.
William Golding
Author · 21 books
People note British writer Sir William Gerald Golding for his dark novels, especially The Lord of the Flies (1954); he won the Nobel Prize of 1983 for literature. People best know this British novelist, poet, and playwright for this novel. Golding spent two years, focusing on sciences, in Oxford but changed his educational emphasis to English, especially Anglo-Saxon, literature. During World War II, he served as part of the royal Navy, which he left five years later. This experience strongly influenced his future novels. Later, he taught and focused on writing. Classical Greek literature, such as that of Euripides, and The Battle of Maldon , an Anglo-Saxon oeuvre of unknown author influenced him. College students in the 1950s and 1960s gave the attention to Lord of the Flies, first novel of Golding; their attention drove that of literary critics. He was awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage , the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. He received knighthood in 1988. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
