Elizabethan Drama

Bloom's Period Studies

by Harold Bloom (editor), Henry W. (Editor), Kim Welsch

Presents critical essays which discuss the writers and literary works of the Elizabethan era, and includes a chronology of the cultural, political, and literary events of the period.

430 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.

Reviews

[Durrah]

Harold Bloom is much more than a literary critic, he is a phenomenon, and he critic many books of Shakespeare.
I haven’t read all the book pages, but I found it a perfect introduction to who aimed to discover what is hidden in the Elizabethan Age and the main features of Elizabethan Drama.