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Interesting. Enjoyed it, but it is nothing to write home about. If you are a fan of SAR and haven't read
the pieces inside, you might like it.
the pieces inside, you might like it.
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Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises
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-- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature
-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism
-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
-- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism
-- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
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184 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,1995
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184 pages, Hardcover
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January 1, 1845 by Chelsea House Pub
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9781555460457
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1555460453
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English
About the author
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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.
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.
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Enlightening. Makes observations about the book that I would not have thought of.
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The English literature experts are most likely rolling their eyes at me but I stick by my rating of 1 star. To me, there was no substance to this story. I won't even get into the strange way of Hemingway's writing. The book is about several mid-aged friends that basically meet or run into each other at various cafes and clubs in Paris. Some like each other; some don't. For the majority, they usually consume large amounts of wine each day. The main female character is one that most of the men seem to be in love with. Towards the end of the book they head to Spain for the week of festivals surrounding the bullfights. I have plans to also read For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms but I am rethinking that if they appear to be anything like this. I read them all some 45 yrs ago and thought it would be good to do that again.
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Read this for my master's.
This was bad. I sincerely cannot give a better rating to a book that compares the act of literary activty to sexual intercourse and then proceed to use r*pe an analogy for so called "textual violations".
You don't do this.
You don't compare sexual abuse to the act of omitting something from a text or the fragmentation of a text.
This was disgusting.
This was bad. I sincerely cannot give a better rating to a book that compares the act of literary activty to sexual intercourse and then proceed to use r*pe an analogy for so called "textual violations".
You don't do this.
You don't compare sexual abuse to the act of omitting something from a text or the fragmentation of a text.
This was disgusting.
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Weird that it's hard to find a normal copy of The Sun Also Rises on here... It is my favorite book of all time. Read it.
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For those moments when simply reading a classic is not enough, and I don't have an English professor to turn to, I will remember Harold Bloom's literary guides. Fascinating to see the thoughts of Hemingway's contemporaries, and how the interpretations of his work has changed over the last 80 years.
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Just finished this. Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" has remained one of my favorite books and this guide helps to tease out a lot of the theory behind what's occurring in the novel. Good Stuff!
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Took me three times to finish it but glad I did.
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