Stendhal

by Harold Bloom

Published 15 November 2001
Offers a brief biography of Stendhal and discusses the plot, characters, and themes of The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma..

Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Harold Bloom

Published 15 December 2002
Discusses the plots, characters, and themes of the novelist's most important works.

Thomas Hardy

by Harold Bloom

Published 1 December 2002
Tess of the d'Urbervilles, ""Jude the Obscure"", ""The Mayor of Casterbridge"", 'Far from the Madding Crowd"", and ""The Return of the Native"" are some of the Hardy works. In this title, students of literature will find a new selection of critical essays focusing on Hardy and his works, complete with an introduction from master scholar Harold Bloom, a bibliography, a chronology of Hardy's life, and an index for easy reference. Each title in the Bloom's ""Modern Critical Views"" series presents a well-rounded critical portrait of an influential writer by examining his or her body of work through eight to 12 full-length essays.