The daemon knows : literary greatness and the American sublime / Harold Bloom.
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Details
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- xvi, 524 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Harold Bloom ... returns with a definitive yet personal book on twelve American writers upon whose work he believes the American canon is built. While his references to American writers are wide-ranging, he focuses on twelve: Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Mark Twain, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, T.S. Eliot, William Faulkner, and Hart Crane-- those writers whose works make up what he calls the American sublime"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Walt Whitman and Herman Melville -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily Dickinson -- Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James -- Mark Twain and Robert Frost -- Wallace Stevens and T.S. Eliot -- William Faulkner and Hart Crane.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-500) and index.
- Subject
- American literature -- History and criticism.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
- Added Title
- Demon knows : literary greatness and the American sublime
- ISBN
- 9780812997828 hbk. : acid-free paper
- 0812997824 hbk. : acid-free paper
- 9780812997835 (ebook)