Books by Harold Bloom

Herman Melville (2008)
Presents a collection of criticism and analysis of the works of the nineteenth-century American nove...

Poets and Poems (2005)
In this volume, Bloom considers poets Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Hart Crane, William Shakespeare...

Carlos Fuentes' The Death of Artemio Cruz (2006)
The Death of Artemio Cruz, published in 1962, proved to be a breakthrough novel for Carlos Fuentes, ...

Shakespeare (1998)
Discusses each of Shakespeare's plays, and argues that Shakespeare invented the modern English langu...

The Best Poems of the English Language (2007)
This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great...

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (2008)
An overview of "The Metamorphosis" features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of character...

RUIN THE SACRED TRUTHS (1991)
Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett...

Hamlet (2004)
In a study of "Hamlet," the author discusses mysteries surrounding the play and its central characte...

Nathanael West's Miss Lonelyhearts (2005)
Nathanael West's story of an advice columnist sits alongside the great works of Fitzgerald, Hemingwa...

The Anatomy of Influence (2011)
In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study of influence, Bloom leads readers through the l...

Joseph Conrad (1986)
Essays to help you understand and appreciate the works of Joseph Conrad....