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The American Religion (1992)Harold Bloom
The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation
8 Reviews, 1 Readable


The Anxiety of Influence (1973)Harold Bloom
A Theory of Poetry
5 Reviews

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Apocalypse Then (Review) Harold Bloom
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. I, by James H. Charlesworth
- The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. I by James H. Charlesworth

The Best Poems of the English Language (2004)Harold Bloom
From Chaucer Through Frost
2 Reviews

Blake's Apocalypse (1964)Harold Bloom
A Study in Poetic Argument
1 Review

The Book of J (1990)Harold Bloom and David Rosenberg
8 Reviews

The Breaking of the Vessels (1982)Harold Bloom
2 Reviews


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The Central Man (Review) Harold Bloom
Lincoln, by Gore Vidal
- Lincoln by Gore Vidal

Book Reviews
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Christianity and Art (3 Reviews) Harold Bloom
Secondary Worlds, by W.H. Auden
- Secondary Worlds by W.H. Auden
- Auden's Poetry by Justin Replogle
- Quest for the Necessary by Herbert Greenberg

Deconstruction and Criticism (1979)Harold Bloom, Paul Deman, Jacques Derrida, and Geoffrey Hartman, ...
2 Reviews, 1 Readable

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Driving Out Demons (Review) Harold Bloom
The Uses of Enchantment, by Bruno Bettelheim
- The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim

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The Flight of the Hawk (Review) Harold Bloom
New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985, by Robert Penn Warren
- New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985 by Robert Penn Warren

The Flight to Lucifer (1979)Harold Bloom
A Gnostic Fantasy
2 Reviews

Folio: The Ghost of ShakespeareTom Bethell, Gail Kern Paster, and Daniel Wright, ...
Who, in fact, was the bard: the usual suspect from Stratford, or Edward de Vere, 17th E...

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Foster Damon and William Blake (Review) Harold Bloom
A Blake Dictionary, by S. Foster Damon
- A Blake Dictionary by S. Foster Damon


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From Buber to Scholem (Review) Harold Bloom
Martin Buber's Life and Work, by Maurice Friedman
- Martin Buber's Life and Work by Maurice Friedman

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From Moses to Gilboa (Review) Harold Bloom
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, by T. Carmi
- The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse by T. Carmi

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The Glories of Yiddish (Review) Harold Bloom
History of the Yiddish Language, by Max Weinreich and Paul Glasser
- History of the Yiddish Language by Max Weinreich and Paul Glasser


How to Read and Why (2000)Harold Bloom
3 Reviews

Books and the Arts
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The Humanism of Keats (Review) Harold Bloom
John Keats: The Living Year, by Robert Gittings
- John Keats: The Living Year by Robert Gittings

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Inescapable Poe (2 Reviews) Harold Bloom
Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, by Patrick F. Quinn and Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales by Patrick F. Quinn and Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews by Gary Richard Thompson and Edgar Allan Poe

InterviewHarold Bloom
The Art of Criticism I

Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (2005)Harold Bloom
3 Reviews, 1 Readable

Kabbalah and Criticism (1976)Harold Bloom
3 Reviews

LettersArthur Brunwasser, Willis Hannawalt, and Howard Gillette, Jr., ...

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Liberating Gods (Review) Harold Bloom
Nietzsche, Henry James, and the Artistic Will, by Stephen Donadio
- Nietzsche, Henry James, and the Artistic Will by Stephen Donadio

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Literature as the Bible (Review) Harold Bloom
The Literary Guide to the Bible, by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode
- The Literary Guide to the Bible by Robert Alter and Frank Kermode

A Map of Misreading (1975)Harold Bloom
5 Reviews, 1 Readable

Conference on Culture and Religion in America
Morning SessionHarold Bloom
A Speculation Upon American Jewish Culture

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Mr. America (Review) Harold Bloom
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days of Encounter, by John J. McAleer
- Ralph Waldo Emerson: Days of Encounter by John J. McAleer

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Norman in Egypt (Review) Harold Bloom
Ancient Evenings, by Norman Mailer
- Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer

Omens of Millennium (1996)Harold Bloom
The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection
2 Reviews

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On Poetry (8 Reviews) Harold Bloom
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, by John Ashbery
- Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery
- Diversifications by A.R. Ammons
- Tales Told of the Fathers by John Hollander
- Resident Alien by Daryl Hine
- Welcoming Disaster by Jay Macpherson
- Somewhere Is Such a Kingdom by Geoffrey Hill
- The Heisenberg Variations by John Bricuth
- The Art of Love by Kenneth Koch

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On the Heights (Review) Harold Bloom
Selections from George Eliot's Letters, by Gordon S. Haight and George Eliot
- Selections from George Eliot's Letters by Gordon S. Haight and George Eliot

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Operation Roth (Review) Harold Bloom
Operation Shylock, by Philip Roth
- Operation Shylock by Philip Roth

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Pilgrim to Eros (Review) Harold Bloom
Byron in Love, by Edna O'Brien
- Byron in Love by Edna O'Brien

Poetics of Influence (1988)Harold Bloom and John Hollander
New and Selected Criticism
1 Review

The Year's Books
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Poetry (17 Reviews) Harold Bloom
Day by Day, by Robert Lowell
- Day by Day by Robert Lowell
- Henry's Fate, and Other Poems, 1967-1972 by John Berryman and John Haffenden
- The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov by Howard Nemerov
- Houseboat Days by John Ashbery
- The Selected Poems: 1951-1977 by A.R. Ammons
- The Compass Flower by W.S. Merwin
- Millions of Strange Shadows by Anthony Hecht
- The Fuhrer Bunker by W.D. Snodgrass
- Six Troubadour Songs by W.D. Snodgrass
- The Duplications by Kenneth Koch
- The Book of the Body by Frank Bidart
- China Trace by Charles Wright
- Lateness by David Shapiro
- Soothsayers and Omens by Jay Wright
- Keeping Time by Judith Moffett
- Comforting the Wilderness by Robert B. Shaw
- The Reading of an Ever-Changing Tale by John Yau

Poetry and Repression (1976)Harold Bloom
Revisionism from Blake to Stevens
2 Reviews

Books Considered
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Poetry: Immediacies and Distances (2 Reviews) Harold Bloom
The Monument, by Mark Strand
- The Monument by Mark Strand
- The Late Hour by Mark Strand

ReadingsHarold Bloom
Shakespeare's Freud

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The Real Me (Review) Harold Bloom
Walt Whitman: The Making of the Poet, by Paul Zweig
- Walt Whitman: The Making of the Poet by Paul Zweig

Books Considered
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Poetry in History (Review) Harold Bloom
Geography III, by Elizabeth Bishop
- Geography III by Elizabeth Bishop

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Poems (Review) Harold Bloom
Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing, by Richard Poirier
- Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing by Richard Poirier

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Late Summer-Early Fall Book Listings (Review) Harold Bloom
Spectral Emanations, by John Hollander
- Spectral Emanations by John Hollander

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Films: Later On (Review) Harold Bloom
Now and Then, by Robert Penn Warren
- Now and Then by Robert Penn Warren

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"Two Free Variations" (Review) Harold Bloom
As We Know, by John Ashbery
- As We Know by John Ashbery

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"On the Way to Delphi" (Review) Harold Bloom
Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History, by David Biale
- Gershom Scholem: Kabbalah and Counter-History by David Biale

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Films: Secret Lives (Review) Harold Bloom
Brother to Dragons, by Robert Penn Warren
- Brother to Dragons by Robert Penn Warren

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Revisiting Isaac Bashevis Singer (Review) Harold Bloom
The Magician of Lublin, by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elaine Gottlieb, and Joseph Singer, ...
- The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elaine Gottlieb, and Joseph Singer, ...

The Ringers in the Tower (1971)Harold Bloom
Studies in Romantic Tradition
1 Review

Ruin the Sacred Truths (1989)Harold Bloom
Poetry and Belief from the Bible to the Present
3 Reviews

Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998)Harold Bloom
9 Reviews, 1 Readable



Shelley's Mythmaking (1959)Harold Bloom
1 Review


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Starting from Emerson (Review) Harold Bloom
The Imperial Self, by Quentin Anderson
- The Imperial Self by Quentin Anderson


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Sumerian Feminism (Review) Harold Bloom
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer
- Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth by Diane Wolkstein and Samuel Noah Kramer


The Visionary Company (1963)Harold Bloom and William Golding
A Reading of English Romantic Poetry
1 Review, 1 Readable


The Western Canon (1994)Harold Bloom
The Books and School of the Ages
9 Reviews, 1 Readable

The Wind and the Rain (1962)John Hollander and Harold Bloom
An Anthology of Poems for Young People
1 Review

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Yahweh Meets R. Crumb (Review) Harold Bloom
The Book of Genesis, by R. Crumb
- The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb

The Year's BooksHarold Bloom
Poetry

Yeats (1970)Harold Bloom
2 Reviews, 1 Readable
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