A collection of critical essays discusses the works of the author of the controversial 'Satanic Verses.'

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the American novelist.

Examines the literature that marks the greatest tragedy of the twentieth century and offers critical analysis by such contributors as Thomas A. Idinopulos, Alvin H. Rosenfeld, and Amy Hungerford.

A critical review of the work features the contributions of Joseph B. Wagner, Ronald Berman, Elizabeth Preston, and other scholars, discussing the themes and characters of the novel.

A critical review of the work features the contributions of A. Walton Litz, Susan Morgan, John Wiltshire, and other scholars, discussing the themes and characters of the novel.

Essays on such works as 'Mao II' and 'White Noise' depict writer Don DeLillo's vision of American culture, as well as his dedication to modern literature.

A collection of critical essays discuss the works of the Russian author.

A critical overview of the work features the writings of John D. Yohannan, Daniel Schenker, Norman Page, and other scholars.

Harold Bloom, author of The Western Canon and one of the world's most renowned literary critics, surveys Walt Whitman's vast poetic work, from early notebook fragments of Song of Myself to the late poems of Good-bye My Fancy.

Discusses the plots, characters, and themes of the dramatist's most important works.

'If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling,' writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire a lifelong love of reading. As television, video games, and the Internet threaten to distract young people from the solitary pleasures of reading, Bloom presents a volume that will amuse, challenge, and beguile readers with its myriad voices and subjects.

Here are old favorites by beloved writers of children's literature, as well as exciting rediscoveries and wonderful works penned by writers better known for their adult classics, such as Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, and Walt Whitman. Encompassing the natural world and the supernatural; childhood, romance, and death; pets, wild animals, and goblins; mystery, adventure, and humor; the selections reflect the passion and erudition of our most revered literary critic. Arranged by season, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages is a must-have anthology, sure to delight readers young and old for years to come.

Provides biographical information along with plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.

Provides biographical information along with plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views of the author's most famous short stories.

Offers a biographical profile of the poet and provides analyses and critical views of his work.

Provides a research and study guide for five plays by Bertolt Brecht, including plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical reviews.

Poetry. Foreword by Harold Bloom 'Lucid, yet luscious; rich, yet modest; full of spiritual insight, yet empty of bossy certainty, Serpas's book of love and death in a Louisiana landscape is as savory and abundant as the rhythms she employs' - Molly Peacock 'Like Elizabeth Bishop, her strong precursor, Martha Serpas practices a severely chastened art of poetry . . . I am moved to prophesy a considerable poetic development for her'- from the Foreword by Harold Bloom.

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. This edition includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom.

Presents biographical information along with critical analysis of the themes, symbols, and ideas that appear in the author's works.

Offers a brief biography of Thomas Hardy and discusses the plot, characters, and themes of 'Far from the Madding Crowd,' 'The Return of the Native,' 'The Mayor of Casterbridge,' 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles,' and 'Jude the Obscure.'

A research and study guide for four plays by Ben Jonson includes plot summaries, lists of characters, and critical views.

If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling,' writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire a lifelong love of reading. As television, video games, and the Internet threaten to distract young people from the solitary pleasures of reading, Bloom presents a volume that will amuse, challenge, and beguile readers with its myriad voices and subjects.

Here are old favorites by beloved writers of children's literature, as well as exciting rediscoveries and wonderful works penned by writers better known for their adult classics, such as Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, and Walt Whitman. Encompassing the natural world and the supernatural; childhood, romance, and death; house pets, wild animals, and goblins; mystery, adventure, and humor, the selections reflect the passion and erudition of our most revered literary critic. Dismayed by the current state of children's literature, Bloom reaches back to the imaginative works of the nineteenth century and earlier, choosing poems and stories that will expand the mind and offer the magical companionship of the best that has been written. Arranged by season, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages is a must-have anthology, sure to delight readers young and old for years to come.

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?' is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and easier electronic media threatens to eclipse the practice of reading, Bloom draws on his experience as critic, teacher, and prolific reader to plumb the great books for their sustaining wisdom.

Shedding all polemic, Bloom addresses the solitary reader, who, he urges, should read for the purest of all reasons: to discover and augment the self. His ultimate faith in the restorative power of literature resonates on every page of this infinitely rewarding and important book.

Do You: Harbor guilt or grudges from past relationships? Feel plagued by thoughts of regret? Think 'Oh, no, not again!' when personal problems arise? Wonder why life hasn't turned out the way you wanted? Feel anxious or depressed about your future? Seem to be less happy as time goes by?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, this book can help you make peace with your past -- here and now.

The past lives on in everything we think, feel, say, and do. Medical studies show that adults who've had adverse or traumatic past experiences are much more vulnerable to life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. Now, world-renowned psychiatrist Dr. Harold Bloomfield, bestselling author of Making Peace with Your Parents and Making Peace with Yourself, offers practical, scientifically proven techniques that can help you heal the wounds of the past; transform feelings of pain, shame, and blame into high self-worth; and reawaken to the magic and joy of being alive.

'The fulfilled renown of Moby-Dick and of As I Lay Dying is augmented by Blood Meridian, since Cormac McCarthy is the worthy disciple both of Melville and Faulkner,' writes esteemed literary scholar Harold Bloom in his Introduction to the Modern Library edition. 'I venture that no other living American novelist, not even Pynchon, has given us a book as strong and memorable.'

Cormac McCarthy's masterwork, Blood Meridian, chronicles the brutal world of the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the mid-nineteenth century. Its wounded hero, the teenage Kid, must confront the extraordinary violence of the Glanton gang, a murderous cadre on an official mission to scalp Indians and sell those scalps. Loosely based on fact, the novel represents a genius vision of the historical West, one so fiercely realized that since its initial publication in 1985 the canon of American literature has welcomed Blood Meridian to its shelf.

'A classic American novel of regeneration through violence,' declares Michael Herr. 'McCarthy can only be compared to our greatest writers.'

A critical overview of the work features the writings of Charles E. May, John M. Clum, Christopher Brian Weimer, Alice Griffin, and other scholars.

Provides an author profile, thematic and structural analysis, and excerpts from critical essays about major poems.

Collects into one volume Jewish philosopher Buber's (1878-1965) insights into the Bible, with essays from Israel and the World (1948), The Prophetic Faith (1949), and Moses (1958) along with one that had not published in English before. They express his view of the overall unity of the Hebrew Scriptures in terms of their dialogue nature. The 1982 edition was published by Schocken Books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A collection of critical essays on the works of the English author