内容简介
Informationisendlesslyavailabletous;whereshallwisdombefound?"isthecrucialquestionwithwhichrenownedliterarycriticHaroldBloombeginsthisimpassionedbookonthepleasuresandbenefitsofreadingwell.Formorethanfortyyears,Bloomhastransformedcollegestudentsintolifelongreaderswithhisunrivaledloveforliterature.Now,atatimewhenfasterandeasierelectronicmediathreatenstoeclipsethepracticeofreading,Bloomdrawsonhisexperienceascritic,teacher,andprolificreadertoplumbthegreatbooksfortheirsustainingwisdom.Sheddingallpolemic,Bloomaddressesthesolitaryreader,who,heurges,shouldreadforthepurestofallreasons:todiscoverandaugmenttheself.Hisultimatefaithintherestorativepowerofliteratureresonatesoneverypageofthisinfinitelyrewardingandimportantbook.
作者简介
DescribedintheNewYorkTimesas‘acolossusamongcritics…[with]anencyclopedicintellect,exuberanteccentricity,amassiveloveofliterature.Thelegendofhisgeniusspansfourdecades’,HaroldBloomwasborntoaYiddish-speakingfamilyandlearnttospeakEnglishbyreadingtheworksofWilliamBlake.HestudiedatCornell,PembrokeCollege,CambridgeandYale,andisProfessorofHumanitiesatYaleandProfessorofEnglishatNewYorkUniversities,aregularcontributortoliteraryjournalsandtherecipientofmanyprizesandawards.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.