Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.
Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.
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Publisher
New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
Date
1998.
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Y822.33D/233
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 745 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Shakespeare's Universalism -- I. The Early Comedies. 1. The Comedy of Errors. 2. The Taming of the Shrew. 3. The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- II. The First Histories. 4. Henry VI. 5. King John. 6. Richard III -- III. The Apprentice Tragedies. 7. Titus Andronicus. 8. Romeo and Juliet. 9. Julius Caesar...
Coda: The Shakespearean Difference.
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New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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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 capable of chan...
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Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.
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Y822.33D/233
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74VMyvVbkdwX
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ISBN
157322751X (pbk.)
9781573221207 (acid-free paper)
1573221201 (acid-free paper)
DDC
822.33
MMS ID
991002006609702626
