Bibliograph

Possessed by memory, the inward light of criticism, Harold Bloom

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Possessed by memory, the inward light of criticism, Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Possessed by memory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Harold Bloom

Sub title

the inward light of criticism

Summary

"In arguably his most personal and lasting book, America's most daringly original and controversial critic gives us brief, luminous readings of more than eighty texts by canonical authors-- texts he has had by heart since childhood."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part 1: A voice she heard before the world was made -- Part 2: Self-otherseeing and the Shakespearean sublime -- Part 3: In the elegy season: John Milton, the visionary company, and Victorian poetry -- Part 4: The imperfect is our paradise: Walt Whitman and twentieth century American poetry

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