"The indispensable critic on the indispensable writer." -Geoffrey O'Brien, New York Review of Books
A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author, this book is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, writing about, and teaching Shakespeare.
Preeminent literary critic-and ultimate authority on the western literary tradition, Harold Bloom leads us through a comprehensive reading of every one of the dramatist's 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.
- ISBN10 157322751X
- ISBN13 9781573227513
- Publish Date 1 September 1999 (first published 1 March 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 20 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Pearson Education (US)
- Imprint Longman Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 745
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781573227513