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Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.
LIBRA - Special PR2989 .B58 1999
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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.
- Characters and characteristics.
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Et la psychologie.
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Personnages.
- Humanisme dans la littérature.
- Personnages dans la littérature.
- Personnalité dans la littérature.
- Local Subjects:
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Et la psychologie.
- Shakespeare, William <1564-1616>--Personnages.
- Humanisme dans la littérature.
- Personnages dans la littérature.
- Personnalité dans la littérature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 745 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Riverhead trade paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Riverhead Books, 1999.
- Summary:
- 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- the Shakespeare not only reinvented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.
- Contents:
- Shakespeare's Universalism 1
- I The Early Comedies
- II The First Histories
- III The Apprentice Tragedies
- IV The High comedies
- V The Major Histories
- VI The "Problem Plays"
- VII The Great Tragedies
- VIII Tragic Epilogue
- IX The Late Romances
- Coda: The Shakespearean Difference 714
- A Word at the End: Foregrounding 737.
- ISBN:
- 157322751X
- 9781573227513
- OCLC:
- 42198557
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