The Best Poems of the English Language：From Chaucer Through Robert Frost

图书标准信息

• 作者 Harold Bloom（哈罗德·布鲁姆） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2007-08
• ISBN 9780060540425
• 定价 228.30元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 1008页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Almostallotherpoetryanthologieshavebeeneditedandannotatedbyacommitteeofscholars.ThisisentirelyBloom'sselectionwithhisowninimitablecommentary.ThiscomprehensiveanthologyattemptstogivethecommonreaderpossessionofsixcenturiesofgreatBritishandAmericanpoetry.ThebookfeaturesalargeintroductoryessaybyHaroldBloomcalledTheArtofReadingPoetry,whichpresentshiscriticalreflectionsofmorethanhalfacenturydevotedtothereading,teaching,andwritingabouttheliteraryachievementhelovesmost.

TherearealsoheadnotesbyHaroldBloomtoeverypoetinthevolumeaswellastothemostimportantindividualpoems.Muchmorethananyotheranthologyevergathered,thisbookprovidesreaderswhodesirethepleasuresofasublimeartwithverynearlyeverythingtheyneedinasinglevolume.Italsoisregardedbyitseditorashisfinalmeditationuponallthosewhohaveformedhismind.

【作者简介】

HaroldBloomisSterlingProfessorofHumanitiesatYaleUniversityandaformerCharlesEliotNortonProfessoratHarvard.HismorethanthirtybooksincludeTheBestPoemsoftheEnglishLanguage,TheAnxietyofInfluence(1973),TheWesternCanon(1994),Shakespeare:TheInventionoftheHuman(1998),HowtoReadandWhy(2000),Genius(2002)andHamlet(2003).HeisaMacArthurPrizeFellow,amemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,andtherecipientofmanyawardsandhonorarydegrees,includingtheAcademy'sGoldMedalforBellesLettresandCriticism,theInternationalPrizeofCatalonia,andtheAlfonsoReyesPrizeofMexico.