It is innocent of footnotes, bibliography, and index. "Shakespeare" is not a scholarly work, in the professional sense. His latest book was nominated for this year's National Book Award for nonfiction. He has inspired, provoked, antagonized, and edified multitudes of scholars and nonacademic readers. Who else would attempt a definitive annunciation of "The Western Canon" (1994), in which Shakespeare is concentered? In fact, for Bloom, Shakespeare is the canon.įor 40 years, he has written prolifically - at least 20 major works of criticism, countless editions of and introductions to collections and anthologies, essays, and at least one novel. Harold Bloom, Sterling professor of humanities at Yale, is considered by many in the academic community (possibly including Bloom himself) as the preeminent critic of this age. This 750-page study grew out of a lifetime of reading, meditating, and teaching by one of the supernova luminaries of American literary criticism.
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