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  • Native Son

    Richard Nathaniel Wright, Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Nov. 1, 2008)
    Richard Wright's works are universally acknowledged as a starting point for black literature in contemporary America. Critics speak of the author as a pioneer, a man of rare courage. This volume of essays anzlyses Wright's Native Son.

  • Joseph Heller's Catch-22

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    (Blooms Literary Criticism, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Joseph Heller's World War II satire, Catch-22, poses the moral dilemma of how to remain sane in an insane world. It also introduced the Catch-22 catchphrase into everyday vernacular. This edition offers full-length essays and an index that provides a companion for readers hoping to broaden their appreciation of Heller's modern masterpiece.

  • T. S. Eliot's the Waste Land

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    (Chelsea House Publications, Nov. 1, 2006)
    Suggests the fragmentation of civilization following World War I. Because of its changes of speaker, location, and time, as well as its numerous literary and cultural references, this work is often used in the classroom to illustrate how to explicate a poem.

  • Toni Morrison's the Bluest Eye

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Presents the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl who prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. This book also presents a collection of critical essays and an introduction that offers insight into this novel that tackles the crucial themes of race and identity.

  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1987)
    Seven critical essays bringing various interpretations to the novel about a monster created by a scientist

  • William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, July 1, 2009)
    Shakespeare's tragedy about two star-crossed lovers from warring families has stirred audiences and readers alike and inspired other artists for generations with its timeless themes of love and loss. This invaluable study guide examines one of Shakespeare's greatest plays through a selection of the finest contemporary criticism.

  • Ursula K. Le Guin's the Left Hand of Darkness

    Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1987)
    A collection of nine critical essays on the modern social science fiction novel, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.

  • Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Offers an inquiry into the meaning of American Dream. This play which won the author a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony award presents the lead character, Willy Loman (played over time by Lee J Cobb, George C Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian Dennehy, among others), who has come to represent the middle-class struggle.

  • Beowulf

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Composed about CE 1000, Beowulf is the longest known poem written in Old English. Considered one of the great epics, the Anglo-Saxon saga relates the heroic deeds of the warrior Beowulf, who kills the man-eating monster Grendel, and the monster's mother. Containing touches of Christian and pagan symbolism, Beowulf is the source of many medieval and Renaissance legends. It also influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, and helped spawn the fantasy genre so popular today in literature and film. Arm students for immersion in the study of this mythic adventure with Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Newly updated, Beowulf includes full-length, interpretive essays that provide expert commentary, as well as introductions, a chronology, notes on the contributors, and a bibliography.

  • Othello

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Blooms Literary Criticism, April 1, 2010)
    The most striking difference between Othello and Shakespeare's other tragedies is its more intimate scale. The play focuses on personal rather than public life. This reference guide to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays contains a selection of the finest contemporary criticism, and an introductory essay by Shakespearean scholar Harold Bloom.

  • Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, March 1, 2009)
    All Quiet on the Western Front served as Remarque's attempt to confront and ultimately rid himself of the graphic and haunting memories of his time serving in World War I. This title features a selection of essays, in addition to a bibliography, a chronology of Remarque's life, and an introduction.

  • William Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

    Sterling Professor of Humanities Harold Bloom

    (Chelsea House Publications, June 1, 2008)
    The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner's fourth novel, was his first attempt at a wholly self-conscious style. Faulkner's willingness to experiment affords his readers no stable perspective from which to comprehend the decline of the Compson family. This title includes critical essays on Faulkner's work.