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  1. Sep 1, 1995 · The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. Paperback – September 1, 1995. by Harold Bloom (Author) 4.5 410 ratings. See all formats and editions. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. “Heroically brave, formidably learned…. The Western Canon is a passionate demonstration of why some writers ...

  2. The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the author defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon.

    • Harold Bloom
    • 1994
  3. Aug 31, 1994 · Literary critic Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a vision. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the great works of the western literary tradition and essential writers of the ages. The Western Canon was ...

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  4. Aug 13, 2009 · On the canon: an elegy for the canon -- The aristocratic age: Shakespeare, center of the canon. The strangeness of Dante : Ulysses and Beatrice. Chaucer : the wife of Bath, the pardoner, and Shakespearean character. Cervantes : the play of the world. Montaigne and Molière : the canonical elusiveness of the truth. Milton's Satan and Shakespeare ...

  5. Jun 17, 2014 · The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. Harold Bloom. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jun 17, 2014 - Literary Criticism - 562 pages. The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ...

    • 0547546483, 9780547546483
    • Harold Bloom
    • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
  6. The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages - Ebook written by Harold Bloom. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages.

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