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Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR2989 .B58 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloom, Harold.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Psychology.
- Psychology.
- Characters and characteristics in literature.
- Drama--Psychological aspects.
- Drama.
- Personality in literature.
- Humanism in literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xx pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 745 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998.
- Summary:
- In his magnum opus, Harold Bloom guides readers through each of the Shakespeare's plays, describing--through profiles of such characters as Cleopatra, Hamlet, Falstaff, and Iago--how the Bard invented human personality. A landmark contribution, "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" is a book that is certain to be celebrated and read for many years to come. (Plays/Drama)
- Contents:
- The early comedies
- The first histories
- The apprentice tragedies
- The high comedies
- The major histories
- The "problem plays"
- The great tragedies
- Tragic epilogue
- The late romances.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1573221201
- OCLC:
- 39002855
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