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History & Criticism
"Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it," writes Harold Bloom in The Anatomy of Influence, "is in the first place literary, that is to say, personal and passionate." For more than half a century, Bloom has shared... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Franz Kafka's visionary fiction offers an unforgettable rendering of the anxiety and alienation prevalent in 20th-century Western society. This collection discusses the Kafka's works The Trial and The Metamorphosis. It... See More
Teen & Young Adult
The trickster, a character that tests the taboos of a society, is rooted in the Native American literary tradition. Featuring original essays and excerpts from critical analyses, this book gives students an insight into the... See More
History & Criticism
America's most original and controversial literary critic writes trenchantly about forty-eight masterworks spanning the Western tradition -- from Don Quixote to Wuthering Heights to Invisible Man -- in his first book devoted... See More
British & Irish
"The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living... Your own mistakes, accidents, failures at otherness beat you down. Rise up at dawn and read something that matters as soon as you can." So Harold... See More
Poetry & Drama
"A colossus among critics... His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." -- New York Times In this charming anthology, esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom collects the last poems of history's most important and... See More
History & CriticismThis series provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck's dramatic tale follows two migrant workers pursuing their dream of... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Presents important critical essays from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on the English poet and several other lesser known metaphysical poets of his era. See More
History & Criticism
A collection of critical writings about some of the greatest dramatists in Western history, including such writers as Aeschylus, William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, and Arthur Miller. See More
Teen & Young AdultThe technique of dark humor seeks to create comedy through the use of satirical wit and grotesque situations. This thematic technique can be found in A Clockwork Orange, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," A Modest Proposal, "The... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Presents critical essays on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom. See More
History & Criticism
A research and study guide for novels written by Charlotte and Emily Brontèe includes plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views. See More
Biography & True Accounts
In arguably his most personal and lasting book, America's most daringly original and controversial critic gives us brief, luminous readings of more than eighty texts by canonical authors-- texts he has had by heart since... See More
Teen & Young AdultThe role of civil disobedience, the act of defying society, is examined in 1984, Antigone, The Crucible, Fahrenheit-451, and many more works. Featuring original essays and excerpts from critical analyses, this book gives... See More
Teen & Young Adult
In this American classic, a young man comes of age and struggles with a loss of innocence and friendship at a northern boarding school amidst the backdrop of World War II. The full-length essays in this volume provide a... See More
History & Criticism
Presents a collection of critical essays written in the nineteenth and early twentieth century about the American naturalist and his works. See More
Teen & Young AdultCompared to the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, The House on Mango Street is made up of lyrical passages, interconnected vignettes, and meditations and observations that resemble prose poems. This book analyzes the... See More
Poetry & Drama
Presents a collection of critical essays written in the nineteenth and early twentieth century about the English poet and his works. See More
History & Criticism
Harold Bloom is America's most esteemed literary critic and one of the greatest critical minds of our time. This work contains the best of Bloom's writing on the greatest novels and novelists of our time - from Daniel Defoe... See More
History & CriticismMary Shelley's "Frankenstein", a story she wrote at the age of 19, is still a popular tale to this day, remarkable not only for its striking plot but also its Romantic elements. Her lesser-known works, and their critical... See More
Teen & Young AdultEsteemed literary critic Harold Bloom calls John Milton the greatest poet of the 17th century and the most powerful in the language after Shakespeare and Chaucer. Milton remains a radical example of the influence of an... See More
Teen & Young Adult
First performed in May 1611, The Winter's Tale is a play about reconciliation, atonement, and the healing effects of time. Leontes, a paranoid tyrant, suffers from his own rash behavior and jealous delusions. When his... See More
History & Criticism
A collection of critical writings about some of the greatest short story writers, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Ivan Turgenev, Jack London, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Ernest Hemingway, and John... See More
History & Criticism
A collection of critical writings about some of the greatest authors of essays in Western history, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henry David Thoreau, Aldous Huxley, and Albert Camus. See More
World Literature
Presents essays that document the origins and influence of the Harlem Renaissance, focusing on key writing figures and artists and the many challenges they faced. See More
Teen & Young Adult
Macbeth is William Shakespeare's stark tale of a tormented nobleman driven to pursue a murderous plot by his ambition to usurp the throne of Scotland. The tautly constructed tragedy is a ruthlessly economic drama, marked by... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Presents critical essays on Shakespeare's comedy of fairies, lovers, and amateur actors in the woods outside Athens. See More
Teen & Young Adult
Focuses on how our relationship with the works of Shakespeare has evolved through the ages. This title features: a selection of criticism on the work through the centuries; introductory essays on the development of criticism... See More
Teen & Young AdultHistorically, exploration and colonization have been linked in troubling ways. This new volume discusses the roles of exploration and colonization in Heart of Darkness, The Iliad, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Things Fall... See More
Teen & Young AdultA critical overview of the mid-nineteenth-century novel features the writings of Jerome Beaty, Susan Ostrov Weisser, Warren Edminster, and other scholars. See More