Hamlet: Poem Unlimited

175 Pages·2004·1.155 MB·English

by  Harold Bloom

HAMLET
POEM UNLIMITED
ALSO BY HAROLD BLOOM
GENiusA: MosAICO F
ONE HuNDREDE xEMPLARCYR EATIVMEI NDS( 2002)
SToRIEASN DP oEMSF OR
ExTREMELIYN TELLIGECNHTI LDREoNF A LLA cES( 2001)
How TOR EADA NDW HY (2000)
SHAKESPEARE:
THE INvENTIoOFNT HEH uMAN (1998)
OMENSO F MILLENNIU(M1 996)
THEW ESTERNC ANON( 1994)
THEA MERICARNE LIGIO(N1 992)
THE BooK OFJ (1990)
RuiNT HES ACRETDR uTHS( 1989).
PoETicosF INFLUENC(E1 988)
THE STRONGL IGHTO FT HEC ANONICA(L1 987)
AGoN:T owARDSA THEORYO F REvisiONI(S1M9 82)
THE BREAKINOGF T HEV ESSEL(S1 982)
TH�:F LIGHTTO LuciFERA: G NoSTIFCA NTASY( 1979)
WALLACES TEVENST:H E PoEMSO F OuR CLIMAT(E1 977)
FIGUREOSF CAPABLIEM AGINATI(O1N9 76)
PoETRAYN DR EPRESSI(O1N9 76)
KABBALAAH ND CRITICI(S1M 975)
A MAP OF MISREADIN(G1 975)
THEA NXIETOYF INFLUENC(E1 973)
THE RINGERISN T HET owER:
STuDIEIsN R oMANTITCR ADITIO(N1 971)
YEATS( 1970)
CoMMENTARoYN DAVIDV . ERDMAN'EsD ITIOoNF
THEP oETRAYN DP RosEo FW ILLIAM BL(A1K9E6 5)
BLAKE'AsP OCALYP(S1E9 63)
THEV IsiONARCYo MPANY( 1961)
SHELLEYM'YsT HMAKING( 1959)

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