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  • Franz Kafka's the Metamorphosis

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Dec. 30, 2008)
    Each title features: - Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism- Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

  • Young Goodman Brown

    Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2005)
    - Presents important and scholarly criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism - Contains notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom

  • Long Day's Journey Into Night

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Blooms Literary Criticism, April 1, 2009)
    Produced after the death of Eugene O'Neill, Long Day's Journey into Night is generally considered the author's masterpiece and a seminal drama of the 20th century. This title offers a selection of full-length critical essays that explore the restrictive, but essential, familial bonds that mark and define the characters' lives.

  • Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Because of the harsh treatment the heroine of Tess of the D'Urbervilles received, Thomas Hardy stopped writing novels altogether. However, Hardy's masterful presentation of a strong woman destroyed by intolerant Nature is now considered one of his most grimly compelling satires of circumstance. The title, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D'Urbervilles, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D'Urbervilles through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Thomas Hardy, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.

  • Genesis

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1987)
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  • Virgil's Aeneid

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 1987)
    A collection of six critical essays on Virgil's epic poem, arranged in chronological order of original publication.

  • J.R.R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Blooms Literary Criticism, July 1, 2008)
    - Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism - Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

  • E.M. Forster's a Passage to India

    Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1987)
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  • The Awakening

    Kate Chopin, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, April 1, 2011)
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  • Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Other Stories

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2009)
    Though critical opinion of the literary merit of Edgar Allan Poe's writing has varied widely since his death in 1849, his tales have remained popular for their gothic sensibilities and evocative explorations of human vice and desire. This collection of essays explores the enduring works of this esteemed writer.

  • Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

    Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1987)
    A collection of critical essays about the play in which two tramps, Valdimir and Estragon, wait for a man who never comes, arranged in chronological order of their original publication

  • Jane Austen's Emma

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Blooms Literary Criticism, Feb. 1, 2010)
    Calling Jane Austen's Emma charming, Harold Bloom states, 'Austen is not writing a tragedy of the will... but a great comedy of the will.' This edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic novel, along with a bibliography, a chronology of Austen's life, and an index for quick reference.