Harold Bloom defends the Western literary canon with Shakespeare at its center, examining major authors from Chaucer to Beckett.
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Harold Bloom defends the Western literary canon with Shakespeare at its center, examining major authors from Chaucer to Beckett.
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The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a “heroically brave, formidably learned” defense of the great works of literature that comprise the traditional Western Canon. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written cultur...
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Discusses religious themes in Dante, Milton and other canon authors
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