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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a survey of the works of Shakespeare published in 1998 by literary critic Harold Bloom. Summary. Bloom provides an analysis of each of Shakespeare's 38 plays, 24 of which he believes "really are of the highest quality".
In The Western Canon (1994) Bloom argued that Shakespeare, along with Milton, was the center of Western thought. In The Invention of the Human he contends that Shakespeare is the center of the Universe. According to Bloom, Shakespeare "went beyond all precedents (even Chaucer) and invented the human as we con-tinue to know it." The Bard is ...
12. Jan. 2012 · Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is an analysis of the central work of the Western canon, and of the playwright who not only invented the English language, but also, as Bloom argues, created human nature as we know it today. Before Shakespeare there was characterization; after Shakespeare, there were characters, men and women ...
defining and creating what it means to be human in modern times, in anticipation of what some have styled the Freudian revolution. Bloom traces the evolution of Shakespeare's invoca-tion of inwardness through the course of the Bard's dramatic writing. Bloom sees Shakespeare developing his dramatic art as
Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of The Western Canon, has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about and teaching Shakespeare. In this magisterial...
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. Harold Bloom. September 1999. 978-1573227513. 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.
1. Sept. 1999 · 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.
