3 Anxieties of influence - Romanticism lost: Bloom and the twilight of literary Shakespeare / Edward Pechter - Look for Mr. Morse - On Harold Bloom's nontheatrical praise for Shakespeare's lovers: Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra / Herbert Weil - pt. 2 Reading and writing Shakespearean character - Bloom, bardolatry, and characterolatry / Richard Levin - On the value of being a cartoon, in literature and in life / Sharon O'Dair - Shakespeare: the orientation of the human / Mustapha Fahmi - 'The play's the thing': Shakespeare's critique of character (and Harold Bloom) / William R. Kerrigan - Power, pathos, character / Gary Taylor - Inventing us / Hugh Kenner - pt. Halio - Bloom with a view / Terence Hawkes - The case for bardolatry: Harold Bloom rescues Shakespeare from the critics / William W. 1 Bardolatry/Bardography - Bloom's Shakespeare / Jay L. Includes bibliographical references and index Through the lens of contemporary opinions about the Bard, Harold Bloom's Shakespeare offers a broad understanding of the state of literary studies in our time.'-Jacket Collectively, the authors of these essays provide a fresh look at literary history and suggest new directions being taken by leading literary theorists. Harold Bloom's Shakespeare brings together well-known Shakespearean critics and younger voices from within the profession. Through focused and sustained study of Bloom as literary icon and of his Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, they address a wide range of issues, from the cultural role of Shakespeare to the ethics of literary theory and criticism. These essays examine the sources and impact of Bloom's Shakespearean criticism from a variety of theoretical and political positions. 'Harold Bloom is one of the most influential and controversial of contemporary Shakespeare critics.

Shakespeare by Harold Bloom