The Western Canon

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book literary criticism work non-fiction book

The Western Canon is Harold Bloom’s influential critical study that defends and analyzes a core tradition of Western literature through close readings of major authors from Shakespeare to the 20th century.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
literary criticism work ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
argues for aesthetic value as primary criterion of canon formation ⓘ
associatedWithConcept School of Resentment ⓘ
strong misreading ⓘ
author Harold Bloom ⓘ
centralClaim William Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: Shakespeare is the central figure of the Western canon
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticizes multiculturalist attacks on the canon ⓘ
politicized approaches to literature ⓘ
what Harold Bloom calls the School of Resentment ⓘ
defends idea of a Western canon ⓘ
emphasizes close reading of major authors ⓘ
focusesOn Western literary tradition ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
hasReception both highly influential and controversial ⓘ
includesMajorFigure Charles Dickens ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Emily Dickinson ⓘ
Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
John Milton ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
Marcel Proust ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
Samuel Beckett ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ
Walt Whitman ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
influenced debates about the literary canon in the 1990s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
pages approximately 578 ⓘ
publicationYear 1994 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt Brace & World ⓘ
surface form: Harcourt Brace
relatedWorkByAuthor A Map of Misreading ⓘ
The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
structure introduction and four main parts ⓘ
subject Western literature ⓘ
aesthetics ⓘ
close reading ⓘ
literary canon ⓘ
subtitle The Books and School of the Ages ⓘ
timePeriodCovered from classical antiquity to the 20th century ⓘ

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Harold Bloom → notableWork → The Western Canon ⓘ
anxiety of influence → relatedWork → The Western Canon ⓘ
subject surface form: Anxiety of influence
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human → relatedWork → The Western Canon ⓘ
The Book of J → relatedWork → The Western Canon ⓘ
Omens of Millennium → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Western Canon ⓘ
How to Read and Why → relatedWork → The Western Canon ⓘ
Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Western Canon ⓘ