Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human Paperback - 1999
by Harold Bloom
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A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic-and ultimate authority on the western literary tradition-Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, wit and insight. At the same time, Bloom presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarships: that Shakespeare not only invented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.
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A landmark achievement -- expansive, erudite, and passionate -- Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare. Preeminent literary critic Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, wit, and insight. At the same time, Bloom presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarship -- that Shakespeare not only reinvented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.
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- Title Shakespeare: Invention of the Human: The Invention of the Human
- Author Harold Bloom
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 768
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
- Date 1999-09-01
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781573227513 / 157322751X
- Weight 2.11 lbs (0.96 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.15 x 2 in (23.32 x 15.62 x 5.08 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Characters and characteristics in literature, Shakespeare, William - Criticism and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98021325
- Dewey Decimal Code 822.33
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Citations
- Library Journal, 01/01/2014, Page 50
- New York Times, 09/26/1999, Page 32
- Newsweek, 12/06/2004, Page 90
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