Long an admirer of the King James Bible, celebrated critic Harold Bloom here offers a singular appreciation of its beauty and importance as a literary masterpiece.

Long an admirer of the King James Bible, celebrated critic Harold Bloom here offers a singular appreciation of its beauty and importance as a literary masterpiece.

For more than half a century, Bloom has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads us through the labyrinthine paths which link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for so many years. The result is "a critical self-portrait," a sustained meditation on a life lived ...

A major reassessment of the literary legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most revered writers that explores the mysteries surrounding his unfinished second novel.

This encyclopedia offers easy and immediate access to a wealth of information about Milton. The book will serve as a general and comprehensive reference tool for general readers, students, and scholars alike, enhancing the experience of reading Milton.

In this controversial book, social anthropologist Mary Douglas argues that many famous antique texts are misunderstood and others have been dismissed because they employ ring composition, a literary style unfamiliar today. She explores ring composition across cultures and examines its function in the Iliad, the Bible’s Book of Numbers, and Tristram Shandy.

An influential literary critic explores anew the discipline to which he has devoted his career, reconsidering previous stances while offering fresh takes on much-studied books and literary theories.

Legal developments during Spain’s Golden Age not only transformed the country into a modern state, they also irrevocably changed Western literature. This fascinating book explores Cervantes’s work to show how the author drew on new legal records to investigate human deviance and desire and as inspiration for modern representations of love.

A rich and evocative collection of agrarian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agriculture have shaped American society, from the first European settlers to the modern organic movement.

A rich and evocative collection of agrarian writing from the past two centuries, reflecting how shifting views on agriculture have shaped American society, from the first European settlers to the modern organic movement.

This richly illustrated book explores an extraordinary collection of Shakespeareana to illuminate how the Bard has been remembered for 400 years and why he remains vitally alive for us today.

Lively and learned, this up-to-date guide to literary words and concepts is an essential volume for every student and reader of literature. David Mikics sketches the derivations and history of each term, offers useful bibliographic suggestions for most entries, and clarifies the often confusing terrain of literary theory today.

True Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century—Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell—through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound.

In this many-faceted examination of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a prominent historian unearths the play’s classical sources and shows how the Rome we carry in our minds today is the Rome Shakespeare rhetorically created for us.

In this many-faceted examination of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a prominent historian unearths the play’s classical sources and shows how the Rome we carry in our minds today is the Rome Shakespeare rhetorically created for us.

A leading theologian explores the way William Blake approaches the Bible and uses it as a central theme in his work and thought.

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