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Bloom draws on his experience as critic, teacher, and prolific reader to plumb the great books for their sustaining wisdom. Shedding all polemic, Bloom addresses the solitary reader, who, he urges, should read for the purest of all reasons: to discover and augment the self. Always dazzling in his ability to draw connections between texts across continents and centuries, Bloom instructs readers in how to immerse themselves in the different literary forms. Bloom not only provides illuminating guidance on how to read a text but also illustrates what such reading can bring -- aesthetic pleasure, increased individuality and self-knowledge, and the lifetime companionship of the most engaging and complex literary characters. -- From publisher's description.
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Literature, History and criticism, Modern Literature, Appreciation, Literature, Modern, Study and teaching, Reading, Literature, Modern -- Appreciation, Literature, Modern -- Study and teaching, Literature, Modern -- History and criticism, Canons littéraires, Letterkunde, Lektüre, Books and reading, Modernism in literature, Weltliteratur, Livres et lecture, New York Times reviewed, Literature, modern, history and criticismShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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2001, Touchstone Books, Scribner
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