Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? - Brossura

Bloom, Harold

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ISBN 10: 1594481385 ISBN 13: 9781594481383

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2005

Riassunto

Journeying from the Bible to twentieth-century writings, the distinguished literary critic and author of Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human explores the ways in which literature can transform and shape one's life, discussing such topics as the Book of Job and Ecclesiastes, Plato and Homer, St. Augustine, Freud and Proust, and more. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"[A] touching work." - The New York Times

"In his intricate discussion of each great writer, Bloom offers the rich perceptions of a scholar drawing on the whole of a long and thoughtful career." - Publishers Weekly

"Another work of uncompromised literary analysis, thought, and feeling, from the mind of Bloom: towering, real, invaluable." - Kirkus Reviews

"Bloom remains engaging enough to make you want to read him, argue with him and learn from him." - The Washington Post

L'autore:

Harold Bloom is a Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than forty books include The Anxiety of Influence, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human,The Western Canon, and The American Religion. He is a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy’s Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the Catalonia International Prize, and the Alfonso Reyes International Prize of Mexico. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and in New York City.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1594481385
• ISBN 13: 9781594481383
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320