Ruin the Sacred Truths Poetry and Belief from the Bible to the Present |
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Author:
| Bloom, Harold |
Series title: | The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-78028-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In so doing, he uncovers the truth that all our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations.
Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In so doing, he uncovers the truth that all our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations.