A new book by America’s leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom’s manifesto for the preponderance of written culture.
A new book by America’s leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom’s manifesto for the preponderance of written culture.
An inspired blend of criticism, detection and good old-fashioned sleuthing.
Francis Wheen’s brilliantly comic portrait of one of the 20th-century’s great characters, Tom Driberg: wit, parliamentarian, serial cottager, alleged communist spy and friend to the Kray brothers.
This edition marks the centenary of Oscar Wilde’s death, and is the most complete ever to appear. It contains over 1500 of his letters, and anyone unfamiliar with Wilde as a correspondent will find it packed with unexpected delights. This magnificent collection is a major publishing event.
A new book by America’s leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned ‘How to Read and Why’ is Bloom’s manifesto for the preponderance of written culture.
A wonderful piece of literary detective work that charts the colliding lives of Russia’s greatest poet and the man who killed him in their duel – cultural history that reads like a thriller.
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