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1 online resource (x, 403 pages) |
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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations of Harold Bloom's Works; Introduction: Life as an Argument: Harold Bloom's Antithetical Vitalism; Part I: The Antithetical Quester; Chapter One: Life in Agon: From Romanticism to Deconstruction and Beyond; Chapter Two: Literary Lie and Philosophical Truth: Tarrying with the Deconstruction; Part II: Agon with the Deadly Angels; Chapter Three: Life and Death in Deconstruction: From Hegel to de Man; Chapter Four: The Davharocentric Subject, or Narcissism Reconsidered: Bloom Versus Derrida; Part III: Wrestling Harold |
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Chapter Five: Intricate Evasions, or the Poetic Will-to-IgnoranceChapter Six: Fair Crossings: From Mere Life to More Life; Chapter Seven: Tainted Love: A Psycho-Kabbalistic Reading of the Poetic Scene of Instruction; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Hailed as our era's most profound theorist of literary influence, Harold Bloom's own influence on the landscape of literary criticism has been decisive. His wide-ranging critical writings have plumbed the depths of Romanticism, explored the anxiety caused by the influence of one generation of poets on another, wrestled with the idea of a literary canon, and examined the relationship between religion and literature |
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In this unprecedented full-length study on Harold Bloom, Agata Bielik-Robson explores the many facets of Bloom's critical writings and career. In his work, she argues, Bloom draws on a variety of disparate traditions-Judaism, Gnosis, romanticism, American pragmatism, and Freudianism, but also, especially recently, Victorian Aestheticism-that constitute a dialectical, difficult whole in constant quarrel with itself. The Saving Lie brings all these aspects of Bloom's thought together, revealing the organizing thread of "antithetical vitalism" that animates his work. Tracing the development of Bloom's vision of "life-in-antithesis" through a series of highly original and compelling readings, Bielik-Robson offers a much-needed reevaluation of a deeply complex and controversial figure. This pioneering study of Bloom and his contributions will not soon be surpassed. --Book Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Bloom, Harold
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| SUBJECT |
Bloom, Harold fast |
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Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Deconstruction.
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Romanticism.
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Jews -- Intellectual life.
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Deconstructivism (Architecture)
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Deconstructivist.
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romanticism (form of expression)
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deconstruction (theory)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Criticism
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Deconstruction
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Jews -- Intellectual life
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Literature -- Theory, etc.
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Romanticism
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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American Literature.
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780810165151 |
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0810165155 |
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