Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages
$42.69
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
5 November 2002
Summary
“If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling,” writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire a lifelong love of reading. As television, video games, and the Internet threaten to distract young people from the solitary pleasures of reading, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780684868745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0684868741 |
| Author: | Harold Bloom |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 556g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 156mm x 235mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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Critics Review
The New York Times Magazine A colossus among critics…. His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant.
The New York Times Magazine A colossus among critics…. His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant.
Michael Pakenham The Baltimore Sun Bloom, one of this nation’s premier intellects, draws together and makes sense of the purpose of the smartest, most enduring tales and poetry written primarily for children. The result is delightful reading.
John Mark Eberhart The Kansas City Star This volume…should indeed be shared by the generations.
Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. He has written more than twenty books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and How to Read and Why. He is a MacArthur Prize fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards, including the Academy’s Gold Medal for Criticism. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City.
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