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H Bl m briliant! reanimat the c ncept ofthe w tern canon an a  \nh t t rep􀀰e ent it. a · me when th culture o  \nrea · n, th · b k ill b gre tly prized by educat  \ne read It  \n-Richard. Poirir  \n\"H rei ok to  me bu to r tify many thers. Harold 1 m 1  \nbrilliant, tron , itty. heter , ful of charm, immene  \nlearning, and tremen dou zst.\"  \n\" h v for 1 ng en ducat H ld I m tht tt com some  \nthing f  surpri t r  al thi time were kimming thurface: h  \nts our ncyclo di t as ll.\"  \n- ich rd  \n•• read 1 om's cmmntari ( Hazlitt id abut th t ttgic actr  \ndmun K) i · ing dsic authors by flashf lightning.\"  \n-􀀳H. brams  \nPrint d U.  \nTHE WESTERN  \nCANON  \nALS O BY HA RO LD BL OOM  \nThe American Religion (1992) The Book of J (1990) Ruin the Sacred Truths (1989) Poetics of Influence ( r 988) The Strong Light of the Canonical (1987) Agon: Towards a Theory of Revisionism (1982)  \nThe Breaking of the Vessels (1982) The Flight to Lucifer: A Gnostic Fantasy (1979) Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate (1977)  \nFigures of Capable Imagination (1976) Poetry and Repression (1976) A Map of Misreading ( r 975) Kabbalah and Criticism (1975) The Anxiety of Influence (1973) The Ringers in the Tower: Studies in Romantic Tradition (1971)  \nYeats (1970)  \nCommentary on David V . Erdman's Edition of The Poetry and Prose of William Blake (1965)  \nBlake's Apocalypse (1963) The Visionary Company (1961) Shelley's Mythmaking (1959)  \nTHE WESTERN  \nCANON  \nThe Books and School if the Ages  \nHAROLD BLOOM  \nHARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY New York San Diego London  \nCopyright© 1994 by Harold Bloom  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nRequests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to:  \nPermissions, Harcourt Brace & Company, 62.77 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32.887-6777.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bloom, Harold.  \nThe western canon: the books and school of the ages/ by Harold Bloom.-rst ed.  \np . em.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN o-15-195747-9  \nI. Canon (Literature) 2.. Literature-History and criticism.  \nI. Title.  \nPN8r.B545 1993  \n809-dC2.0 93-43542  \nText set in Sabon Designed by Camilla Filancia Printed in the United States of America  \nFirst edition ABC DE  \nFor  \nANNE FREEDGO OD  \nContents  \nPreface and Prelude I  \nI ON THE CAN ON I3  \nI . An Elegy for the Canon I5  \nII THE ARI STO CRATI c AGE 43  \n2. Shakespeare, Center of the Canon 45  \n3. The Strangeness of Dante: Ulysses and Beatrice 76  \n4 · Chaucer: The Wife of Bath, the Pardoner,  \nand Shakespearean Character Io 5  \n5 . Cervantes: The Play of the World I 27  \n6. Montaigne and Moliere: The Canonical Elusiveness  \nof the Truth I46  \n7 · Milton's Satan and Shakespeare I69  \n8. Dr . Samuel Johnson, the Canonical Critic I83  \nv 111 I Contents  \n9· Goethe's Faust, Part Two: The Countercanonical Poem 203  \nIII THE DEMOCRATIC AGE 237  \nIo . Canonical Memory in Early Wordsworth and Jane Austen's Persuasion 239  \nII . Walt Whitman as Center of the American Canon 264  \nI2. Emily Dickinson: Blanks, Transports, the Dark 29I  \nI3 . The Canonical Novel: Dickens's Bleak House, George Eliot's Middlemarch 3 Io  \nI 4 . Tolstoy and Heroism 3 32 I5 . Ibsen: Trolls and Peer Gynt 350  \nIV THE CHAOTIC AGE 369  \nI 6. Freud: A Shakespearean Reading 37II7 . Proust: The True Persuasion of Sexual Jealousy 395  \nI8 . Joyce's Agon with Shakespeare 4I3  \nI9 . Woolf's Orlando: Feminism as the Love of Reading 433  \n20. Kafka: Canonical Patience and \"Indestructibility\" 447  \n21. Borges, Neruda, and Pessoa: Hispanic-Portuguese Whitman 463  \n22. Beckett . . . Joyce . . . Proust . . . Shakespeare 493  \nV CATALOGING THE CAN O N 5I5  \n23. Elegiac Conclusion 5 I7  \nAPPENDIXES 529  \nA. The Theocrati","cbCaiqbe06kXfy30","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqbe06kXfy30","pdf",6795218,593,"English","# Preface and Prelude\n# On the Canon\n## An Elegy for the Canon\n# The Aristocratic Age\n## Shakespeare, Center of the Canon\n## The Strangeness of Dante: Ulysses and Beatrice\n## Chaucer: The Wife of Bath, the Pardoner, and Shakespearean Character\n## Cervantes: The Play of the World\n## Montaigne and Moliere: The Canonical Elusiveness of the Truth\n## Milton's Satan and Shakespeare\n## Dr. Samuel Johnson, the Canonical Critic\n# The Democratic Age\n## Canonical Memory in Early Wordsworth and Jane Austen's Persuasion\n## Walt Whitman as Center of the American Canon\n## Emily Dickinson: Blanks, Transports, the Dark\n## The Canonical Novel: Dickens's Bleak House, George Eliot's Middlemarch\n## Tolstoy and Heroism\n## Ibsen: Trolls and Peer Gynt\n# The Chaotic Age\n## Freud: A Shakespearean Reading\n## Proust: The True Persuasion of Sexual Jealousy\n## Joyce's Agon with Shakespeare\n## Woolf's Orlando: Feminism as the Love of Reading\n## Kafka: Canonical Patience and \"Indestructibility\"\n## Borges, Neruda, and Pessoa: Hispanic-Portuguese Whitman\n## Beckett . . . Joyce . . . Proust . . . Shakespeare\n# Cataloging the Canon\n## Elegiac Conclusion\n# Appendixes\n## The Theocratic Age\n## The Aristocratic Age\n## The Democratic Age\n## The Chaotic Age: A Canonical Prophecy","[{\"question\":\"What book is this, and who is the author?\",\"answer\":\"The document is titled “The Western Canon - The Books and School of the Ages,” authored by Harold Bloom.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the main content structured?\",\"answer\":\"The table of contents organizes chapters into the Canonical periods: the Aristocratic Age, the Democratic Age, and the Chaotic Age, plus sections on “On the Canon” and “Cataloging the Canon.”\"},{\"question\":\"Which authors and works are discussed in the chapters?\",\"answer\":\"The contents list major figures such as Shakespeare, Dante, Chaucer, Cervantes, Montaigne, Moliere, Milton, Samuel Johnson, Goethe, Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Dickens, George Eliot, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Freud, Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Kafka, Borges, Neruda, Pessoa, and Beckett.\"}]","The Western Canon - The Books and School of the Ages | PDF",1789949942,913]