- Canon (Literature), Literature, History and criticism, Religious aspects of Literature
Harold Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon. He argues against ideology in literary criticism; he laments the loss of intellectual and aesthetic standards; he deplores multiculturalism, Marxism, feminism, neoconservatism, Afrocentrism, and the New Historicism.
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Spare, earnest, cool and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Harold Bloom
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 562
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books, Blackstone Audiobooks, Riverhead Trade
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781573225144
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**Harold Bloom** is an American literary critic and Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. Since the publication of his first book in 1959, Bloom has written more than 20 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and a novel. He has edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. - Wikipedia
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