Shakespeare : The Invention of the Human

English

ISBN: 157322751X

EAN: 9781573227513

Category: Literary Criticism / Shakespeare/Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 09/30/1999

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer. -- Geoffrey OBrien, New York Review of Books A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, 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 dramatists plays, brilliantly illuminating each work with unrivaled warmth, wit and insight. At the same time, Bloom presents one of the boldest theses of Shakespearean scholarships--that Shakespeare not only invented the English language, but also created human nature as we know it today.

Awards: National Book Critics Circle Awards – null  National Book Critics Circle Awards – null 

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Shakespeare : The Invention of the Human

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.94 inches

Width: 6.06 inches

Length: 9.19 inches

Weight: 38.17 oz

Pages: 768