Author: Harold Bloom

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations presents a selection of the best current criticism on the most widely read and studied poems, novels, and d...

From one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our time, Harold Bloom presents Othellos Iago, perhaps the Bards most compelling villainthe fourth...

Originally published in 1949, Gilbert Highet's seminal The Classical Tradition is a herculean feat of comparative literature and a landmark publica...

The great poems, plays, novels, stories teach us how to go on living. . . . Your own mistakes, accidents, failures at otherness beat you down. Rise...

One of American literature's classic coming-of-age tales, this novel chronicles the eponymous hero's often-mischievous adventures. Drawn from Mark ...

J.R.R. Tolkien drew on his professorial expertise in Anglo-Saxon literature and the early mythology and folklore of Great Britain in creating this ...

This series provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. Each title features: ...

Our most revered critic returns to his signature theme Literary criticism, as I attempt to practice it, writes Harold Bloom in The Anatomy of Influ...

The discovery and application of nuclear power is one of the most profound scientific accomplishments of the 20th century, beginning with tentative...

The rise of modernism marked one of the major transitional periods in contemporary literature. The American modernist poets created a rich legacy i...

Hailed for his novels of post-Depression American life, John Steinbeck has received equal acclaim for his short fiction. This volume examines the r...

Though known for his classic novels centering on young men coming of age, Mark Twain is equally esteemed for his short fiction, which often feature...

The unique Bloom's How to Write about Literature series is designed to inspire students to write compelling essays on great authors and their works...

This series provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces.

This series provides comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world''s most important literary masterpieces.