Harold Bloom's Shakespeare

Resource Information

The work Harold Bloom's Shakespeare represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Harold Bloom's Shakespeare

Statement of responsibility

edited by Christy Desmet and Robert Sawyer

Contributor

• Desmet, Christy, 1954-
• Sawyer, Robert, 1953-

Subject

• Bloom, Harold
• English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation | History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Harold Bloom is one of the most influential and controversial of contemporary Shakespeare critics. These essays examine the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism from a variety of theoretical and political positions. Through focused and sustained study of Bloom as literary icon and of his Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, they address a wide range of issues, from the cultural role of Shakespeare to the ethics of literary theory and criticism. Harold Bloom's Shakespeare brings together well-known Shakespearean critics and younger voices from within the profession. Collectively, the authors of these essays provide a fresh look at literary history and suggest new directions being taken by leading literary theorists. Through the lens of contemporary opinions about the Bard, Harold Bloom's Shakespeare offers a broad understanding of the state of literary studies in our time."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

822.3/3

Index

index present

LC call number

PR2970

LC item number

.H37 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography