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1984 - George Orwell
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006, 12-15 år
586 kr
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Julia, remains poignant more than 50 years after its 1949 publication. ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" paints the bleak picture of a society in which all information is controlled by the government, also known as Big Brother. Here is a ready-reference tool for students interested in this dystopian …
Moby-Dick - Herman Melville
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
586 kr
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Herman Melville was already considered to be a successful author when he wrote ""Moby-Dick"" in just under two years. Yet despite his earlier success, the novel was widely misunderstood by its 19th-century readers, who expected a more traditional adventure novel. Today ""Moby-Dick"" is considered …
Tennessee Williams's "a Streetcar Named Desire"
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
650 kr
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Published in 1947, ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" garnered Tennessee Williams the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Considered a lyrical masterpiece, the drama reveals the destructive impact that ensues when romantic impulse encounters animal vitalism. This new volume in …
Long Day's Journey Into Night- Eugene O'Neill
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
641 kr
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Produced after the death of Eugene O'Neill, ""Long Day's Journey into Night"" is generally considered the author's masterpiece and a seminal drama of the 20th century. The play explores the often-painful ways in which family members love and recognize one another. This new edition in the ""Bloom's …
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Av William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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In Shakespeare's powerful drama of destiny and revenge, ""Hamlet"", the troubled prince of Denmark, must overcome his own self-doubt and avenge the murder of his father. This study guides to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. It contains a selection of contemporary criticism of ""Hamlet"".
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "the Great Gatsby
New Edition
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2010
567 kr
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Self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby epitomizes the decadence of the 1920s Jazz Age in this tale of mobility and decline, told with detached curiosity by his neighbor and confidant Nick Carraway. This new edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic American novel by …
Tim O'Brien's "the Things They Carried"
Inbunden, 2011
650 kr
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This collection of stories from Tim O'Brien paints an often-brutal portrait of soldiers' lives during the Vietnam War. More than two decades after its initial publication, this new classic of American fiction is being featured for the first time in the long-runningBloom's Modern Critical …
William Shakespeare's "King Lear"
Av William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2010
629 kr
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Based partially on a Celtic legend, King Lear occupies a special place in the Shakespearean canon. Lear's descent into madness, the central event of this play, illustrates the extent to which humanity can be degraded by its errors. Harold Bloom calls King Lear the unique eminence in the world's …
Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon
Av Harold Bloom, Janyce Marson
Inbunden, 2003
586 kr
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Edward Fitzgerald's ""the ""Rubaiyat"" of Omar Khayyam
Edward Fitzgerald
Av Harold Bloom, Janyce Marson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
586 kr
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Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
586 kr
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An inquiry into the meaning of the American Dream, ""Death of a Salesman"" is Arthur Miller's most famous play and won him a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. 'Attention must be paid' to its lead character, Willy Loman (played over time by Lee J. Cobb, George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian …
Harper Lee's "to Kill a Mockingbird
Updated Edition
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
567 kr
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Published in 1960, and awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" is required reading for many middle and high school students. The coming-of-age tale of its young narrator, Jean Louise ""Scout"" Finch, of Maycomb, Alabama, is interwoven with explorations of the issues of …
Chronicles of Narnia
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2006
586 kr
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British scholar and author Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) wrote more than 40 books, including science fiction, literary criticism, Christian apologetics, and poetry, but his most popular works remain the seven children's books that constitute ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", published between 1950 …
Nathaniel Hawthorne's ""the Scarlet Letter
Inbunden, 2007
567 kr
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An allegorical tale of passion, adultery, guilt, and social repression, Nathaniel Hawthorne's ""The Scarlet Letter"" introduces readers to Hester Prynne, America's first fictional heroine. Hawthorne's story is a masterpiece of American fiction, and this updated volume from the ""Bloom's Modern …
Mark Twain's ""the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
567 kr
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Hailed by writers and critics alike as one of the most important American novels ever published, Mark Twain's quintessential coming-of-age story ""The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" gave a distinct voice to American literature. As the respected critics in this volume attest, Twain's novel …
Charles Dickens's ""a Tale of Two Cities
Inbunden, 2007
567 kr
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Written for serial publication in 1859, Charles Dickens' ""A Tale of Two Cities"" is a historical novel that takes place in England and France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It is one of Dickens' most famous and widely taught novels. Its first line, which begins, ""It was the …
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2007
520 kr
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Jane Austen's ""Pride and Prejudice"", perhaps her most recognizable work, is a story of manners, courtship, and marriage in 18th- and 19th-century England. Elizabeth Bennet, the witty heroine of the novel, is Austen's most vibrant and vital literary character. This updated volume presents a …
Alice Walker's "the Color Purple
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
586 kr
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Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ""The Color Purple"" is the story of Celie, a poor, black woman who overcomes a life of abuse due to the support of the females in her life. Walker, an advocate for African-American feminism, created a novel with a strong community of black women that …
Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
567 kr
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Ken Kesey's debut novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" uses an innovative structure and unique characters to tell a memorable story set in a mental institution. This critically acclaimed novel has also garnered success on film and on the stage. It features a collection of cohesive critical …
Jonathan Swift's ""Gulliver's Travels
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Focuses on Jonathan Swift's ""Gulliver's Travels"". This book includes critical essays on the text, discussing topics such as the philosophical background of the work, satire, and more.
J. R. R. Tolkien's "the Lord of the Rings
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
567 kr
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One of Tolkien's most cherished and heralded works, ""The Lord of the Rings"" is the story of the struggle between good and evil in Middle Earth. Its universal themes and epic sweep make it a work still popular with readers of all ages. Ideal for research, this volume includes a comprehensive …
""Old Man and the Sea"" - Ernest Hemingway
Av Ernest Hemingway, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2008
586 kr
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Hemingway's last work published during his lifetime remains one of his most popular and best known. A man's symbolic quest to land the catch of a lifetime engages classic themes of the human struggle against nature as well as explores the intersection of expectation and desire. Filled with fresh …
""Tell-tale Heart"" and Other Stories - Edgar Allan Poe
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Though critical opinion of the literary merit of Edgar Allan Poe's writing has varied widely since his death in 1849, his tales have remained popular for their gothic sensibilities and evocative explorations of human vice and desire. Poe's influence on subsequent generations of science fiction and …
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Av Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009, 12-15 år
586 kr
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Since its publication in 1967, ""One Hundred Years of Solitude"" has sold more than 20 million copies and earned its author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a host of awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. The novel has prompted comparisons to Miguel de Cervantes, William Faulkner, …
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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The mythic patterns Toni Morrison explores in her third novel inform the transformation of ""Milkman Dead"". ""Song of Solomon"" traces Milkman's journey from spiritual death to understanding and acceptance of personal responsibility, his liberation symbolized by his discovery of the ability to …
""Joy Luck Club"" - Amy Tan
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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With the publication in 1989 of her first novel, ""The Joy Luck Club"", Amy Tan was immediately recognized as a major contemporary novelist. Her work explores the lives of the women in four Chinese-American families and the daughters who struggle to fulfill or reject the cultural and familial …
All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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This 1929 novel served as Remarque's attempt to confront and ultimately rid himself of the graphic and haunting memories of his time serving in World War I. A novel with autobiographical overtones, ""All Quiet on the Western Front"" traces the evolution of one man's powerful antiwar sentiments. …
Ralph Ellison's ""Invisible Man
Av Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series considers Ralph Ellison's ""Invisible Man"" through a selection of critical essays. Additional features include an index for easy reference, notes on the contributing writers, a bibliography of the author's work, a chronology detailing the author's …
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Av Jr. Vonnegut, Kurt, Harold Bloom
Inbunden, 2009
586 kr
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Captured by Germans after the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, soldier Kurt Vonnegut and other prisoners of war were taken to Dresden, Germany, where they were confined in a cement shed used for butchering livestock and called ""Schlachthof-funf"" or ""Slaughterhouse-Five."" Several weeks …
