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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human

Harold Bloom

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#2344 of 3,809 books · #121 in General

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (1998).

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 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.

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Publisher
Riverhead Books
ISBN-13
9781573227513
Topics
Shakespeare's playsLiterary criticismHuman nature in literature

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