The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

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Literary critic Harold Bloom s The Western Canon is than a required reading list it is a vision Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the great works of the western literary tradition and essential writers of the ages The Western Canon was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. New Download Books The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages author Harold Bloom – kino-fada.fr GREAT LESSER KNOWN BOOKS BY WELL KNOWN AUTHORSI think these are probably not in Mr Bloom s book, and I want to know why 1 Ray Bradbury s history of British sport Something Wicket This Way Comes2 Charles Dickens novel on the ravages caused by tuberculosis, Great Expectorations3 Dostoievski s biography of George Bush, The Idiot I prefer that one to Raymond Chandler s The Big Creep 4 Mary Shelley on the current crisis in capitalism Investment Bankenstein5 Dickens again on the same topic Our GREAT LESSER KNOWN BOOKS BY WELL KNOWN AUTHORSI think these are probably not in Mr Bloom s book, and I want to know why 1 Ray Bradbury s history of British sport Something Wicket This Way Comes2 Charles Dickens novel on the ravages caused by tuberculosis, Great Expectorations3 Dostoievski s biography of George Bush, The Idiot I prefer that one to Raymond Chandler s The Big Creep 4 Mary Shelley on the current crisis in capitalism Investment Bankenstein5 Dickens again on the same topic Our Mutual Fund6 Emily Bronte s furious denunciation of the condition of workers in a globalised economy Withering Rights7 Gustave Flaubert s true crime classic about an interna...There was an old critic called Harold Bloom,Who thought Great Literature faced Final Doom,He resented all Schools,Other than his own Fools,So killed what he loved, and emptied the Room My reading experience after finishing has not changed the overall impression, but it has made me think, and I took away the second star, which initially was awarded for writing style and erudition Too mu...The only spirit in Ulysses is Shakespeare In conversation with John Dryden, Milton once confessed rather too readily that Spenser was his Great Original, a remark that I have come to understand as a defense against Shakespeare Oedipus, I suggest, was hauled in by Freud and grafted onto Hamlet largely in order to cover up an obligation to Shakespeare Except for Shakespeare, Chaucer is foremost among writers in the English language KnowingEnglish would not have enlightened The only spirit in Ulysses is Shakespeare In conversation with John Dryden, Milton once confessed rather too readily that Spenser was his Great Original, a remark that I have come to understand as a defense against Shakespeare Oedipus, I suggest, was hauled in by Freud and grafted onto Hamlet largely in order to cover up an obligation to Shakespeare Except for Shakespeare, Chaucer is foremost among writers in the English language KnowingEnglish would not have enlightened Tolstoy his fury at Shakespeare was defensive, though presumably he was unaware of it Harold Bloom represents everything that is wrong with everything I usually tend to hold dear intelligence, literature, higher education, lofty pretension, the belief that writing about artwork can... Tradition is not only a handing down or process of benign transmission it is also a conflict between past genius and present aspiration, in which the prize is literary survival or canonical inclusion. As far as I know, Harold Bloom is the last major proponent of the Great Books paradigm of higher education This makes him something of an apocalyptic prophet With great solemnity, he predicted this was in 1994 that the Western world was about to enter into a new cultural era, a new Tradition is not only a handing down or process of benign transmission it is also a conflict between past genius and present aspiration, in which the prize is literary survival or canonical inclusion. As far as I know, Harold Bloom is the last major proponent of the Great Books paradigm of higher education This makes him something of an apocalyptic prophet With great solemnity, he predicted this was in 1994 that the Western world was about to enter into a new cultural era, a new Theocratic Age, wherein dogmatism would drive out aesthetic criteria from l...I read this while doing Literary Studies in university Bloom s work was introduced to us piecemeal as a foil, a series of quotes here and there to wind up into a tight straw man and then knock down And burn I read further and discovered there was muchto him, the last genuine Literary Critic.It was quite a few years back, so I will have to reread at some stage to provide a proper review, but some of the commentary on here, so full of facile assumptions and Resentment required some I read this while doing Literary Studies in university Bloom s work was introduced to us piecemeal as a foil, a series of quotes here and there to wind up into a tight straw man and then knock down And burn I read further and discovered there was muchto him, the last genuine Literary Critic.It was quite a few years back, so I will have to reread at some stage to provide a proper review, but some of the commentary on here, so full of facile assumptions and Resentment required some sort of presence I remember not always agreeing with him, but always being challenged by his ideas and his own beautiful and engaging style It s also worth noting, re the list this quote from Bl...The Religion of Good WritingIncomparable Bloom Inspiring and informative in equal and large measure Bloom s religion is literature this is its originating text Don t miss it.Harold Bloom really is a cantankerous old thing, so hard to please and yet so seemingly pleased with himself I actually enjoy reading Bloom, if only because I like arguing with him in my head He makes plenty of good points in this massive exploration of Literature with a capital L, but he also highlights many of the reasons the dead white male pantheon persists, and why he thinks it should Many of his arguments are in complete opposition to the idea of diversity in literature that I hold Harold Bloom really is a cantankerous old thing, so hard to please and yet so seemingly pleased with himself I actually enjoy reading Bloom, if only because I like arguing with him in my head He makes plenty of good points in this massive exploration of Literature with a capital L, but he also highlights many of the reasons the dead white male pantheon persists, and why he thinks it should Many of his arguments are in complete opposition to the idea of diversity in literature that I hold near and dear, and his lack of faith in the future of great writing is, I think, short sighted and elitist.The concept of escapist reading completely, well, escapes him To think that someone may read a book to enjoy the stories or the characters without making any life shattering discoveries concerning human nature and the complexities of existence is nearly blasphemous Yes, Shakespeare is g...I WILL NEVER READ ALL OF THESE BOOKS EVER FAIL Who reads must choose, since there is literally not enough time to read everything, even if one does does nothing but read CHALLENGE ACCEPTEDI finally had to read Bloom because he seems to irritate so many people He is the torchbearer of literary aesthetics, or rather an aesthetic literary canon He repeatedly denigrates and teases the contemporary schools of thought feminism, new historicism, deconstructionism, etc As such, mention of this book most frequently invokes a scoff, usually by someone who hasn t read it I urge you to Bloom has read with extraordinary breadth and depth and seems to remember it all I cannot vouch for I finally had to read Bloom because he seems to irritate so many people He is the torchbearer of literary aesthetics, or rather an aesthetic literary canon He repeatedly denigrates and teases the contemporary schools of thought feminism, new historicism, deconstructionism, etc As such, mention of this book most frequently invokes a scoff, usually by someone who hasn t read it I urge you to Bloom has read with extraordinary breadth and depth a...Harold Bloom is like your ornery grandpa he s very old fashioned, and goes on uncomfortable rants about the blacks and the feminists a lot, but if you keep listening you realize that he has real wisdom and an experience that you can learn something from You always complain about him when he s not around, but when he s gone , you wish you had stayed in his world a little longer This is referring to the end of the book, not Bloom s undoubtedly iminent death by rage induced heart attack What I Harold Bloom is like your ornery grandpa he s very old fashioned, and goes on uncomfortable rants about the blacks and the feminists a lot, but if you keep listening you realize that he has real wisdom and an experience that you can learn something from You always complain about him when he s not...

The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
  • English
  • 13 January 2019
  • Paperback
  • 560 pages
  • 1573225142
  • Harold Bloom
  • The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages