内容简介
Apaperbackoriginal,Bloom'sstand–aloneintroductiontoTheBestPoemsoftheEnglishLanguage.AnotablefeatureofHaroldBloom'spoetryanthologyTheBestPoemsEnglishLanguageishislengthyintroductoryessay,herereprintedasaseparatebook.ForthefirsttimeBloomgiveshisreadersanelegantguidetoreadingpoetry––amastercritic'sdistillationofalifetimeofteachingandcriticism.Hetacklessuchsubjectsaspoeticvoice,thenatureofmetaphorandallusion,andthenatureofpoeticvalueitself.Bloomwrites"theworkofgreatpoetryistoaidustobecomefreeartistsofourselves."Thisessayisaninvaluableguidetopoetry.Thiseditionwillalsoincludearecommendedreadinglistofpoems.
作者简介
HaroldBloomisaSterlingProfessoroftheHumanitiesatYaleUniversityandaformerCharlesEliotNortonProfessoratHarvard.HismorethanthirtybooksincludeTheBestPoemsoftheEnglishLanguage,TheArtofReadingPoetry,andTheBookofJ.HeisaMacArthurPrizeFellow,amemberoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLetters,andtherecipientofmanyawardsandhonorarydegrees,includingtheAcademy’sGoldMedalforBellesLettresandCriticism,theInternationalPrizeofCatalonia,andtheAlfonsoReyesPrizeofMexico.