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Blooms stand-alone introduction to The Best Poems of the English Language A notable feature of Harold Blooms poetry anthology The Best Poems English Language is his lengthy introductory essay, here reprinted as a separate book. For the first time Bloom gives his readers an elegant guide to reading poetry--a master critics distillation of a lifetime of teaching and criticism. He tackles such subjects as poetic voice, the nature of metaphor and allusion, and the nature of poetic value itself. Blooms writes the work of great poetry is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves. This essay is an invaluable guide to poetry. This edition will also include a recommended reading list of poems.
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- Author
- Bloom, Harold
- Publisher
- HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060540418
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Short Stories
- Rating
- 4.21 / 5 (693 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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