Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles - The Power of the Reader''s Mind Over a Universe of Death

In this dazzling celebration of the power of poetry to sublimate death, Harold Bloom takes us on an exhilarating tour of the poetic voices that have haunted him through a lifetime of reading: Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Montaigne, Blake, Wordsworth, Hart Crane, Jay Wright, and more.

About the author

Harold Bloom (1930-2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. His books include The Anatomy of Influence, The Shadow of a Great Rock, and Poetry and Repression.

Summary

The last book written by the most famous literary critic of his generation, on the sustaining power of poetry

Product details

• Authors: Harold Bloom
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780300261530
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26153-0
• No. of pages: 672
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights