William Golding's Lord of the Flies

harold bloom elizabeth beaudin william golding pamela loos

William Golding's Lord of the Flies, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Lord of the Flies to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which Lord of the Flies was written. This title also includes a short biography on William Golding and a descriptive list of characters.

Genres classicsfictionliterary criticismhorror

100 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1996

This edition

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
Published: March 1, 2004 by Chelsea House Pub
ISBN: 9780791078785
ASIN: 0791078787
Language: English

About the author

harold bloom

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.