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Author Bloom, Harold, author.

Title Shakespeare : the invention of the human / Harold Bloom.

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.

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Description xx, 745 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Chronology -- To the reader -- 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 -- IV. The high comedies. 10. Love's labour's lost -- 11. A midsummer night's dream -- 12. The merchant of Venice -- 13. Much ado about nothing -- 14. As you like it -- 15. Twelfth night -- V. The major histories. 16. Richard II --- 17. Henry IV -- 18. The merry wives of Windsor -- 19. Henry V -- VI. The "problem plays." 20. Troilus and Cressida -- 21. All's well that ends well -- 22. Measure for measure -- VII. The great tragedies. 23. Hamlet -- 24. Othello -- 25. King Lear -- 26. Macbeth -- 27. Antony and Cleopatra -- VIII. Tragic epilogue. 28. Coriolanus -- 29. Timon of Athens -- IX. The late romances. 30. Pericles -- 31. Cymbeline -- 32. The winter's tale -- 33. The tempest -- 34. Henry VIII -- 35. The two noble kinsmen -- Coda : the Shakespearean difference -- A word at the end : foregrounding.
Summary 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 change, with highly individual personalities. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a companion to Shakespeare's work, and just as much an inquiry into what it means to be human. It explains why Shakespeare has remained our most popular and universal dramatist for more than four centuries, and in helping us to better understand ourselves through Shakespeare, it restores the role of the literary critic to one of central importance in our culture.
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (OCoLC)fst00029048
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 (DE-588)118613723
Drama (DE-588)135181143
Shakespeare, William.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Drama -- Psychological aspects.
Personality in literature.
Humanism in literature.
Characters and characteristics. (OCoLC)fst00852293
Characters and characteristics in literature. (OCoLC)fst00852295
Drama -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00897494
Humanism in literature. (OCoLC)fst00963528
Personality in literature. (OCoLC)fst01058760
Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
Personages.
Drama.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Drama -- Psychological aspects.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Psychology.
Drama -- Psychological aspects.
Personality in literature.
Humanism in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Other Form: Online version: Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare. New York : Riverhead Books, 1998 (OCoLC)656202434
ISBN 1573221201
9781573221207 (acid-free paper)
157322751X
9781573227513
0965686825
9780965686822
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