Bloom, Harold

"In . . . [this] book devoted exclusively to narrative fiction, America's . . . literary critic and . . . Yale professor [Harold Bloom] writes trenchantly about . . . [forty-eight] masterworks spanning the Western tradition"--Provided by publisher.

Contains readings on literary relationships in works published between the sixteenth and the twentieth centuries from Harold Bloom, examining works by William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, and mapping connections between John Milton, Percy Bysshe, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, John Ashbury, Amy Clampitt, Charles Wright, and others.

An exploration of William Shakespeare's character Macbeth.

Contains writings that reflect on the ways American authors have influenced each other across more than two centuries.

Explains how William Shakespeare created human nature and characters and includes analyses of the character development in each of Shakespeare's plays.

A collection of critical essays assesses Browning's techniques, achievements, and place in literary history.