Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-tale Heart and Other Stories

by Harold Bloom

- Critical essays reflecting a variety of schools of criticism
- Notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index
- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.

212 pages, Library Binding

Published March 1, 2009

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

[Amera · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'll be going back to this when I need a more in depth look..Haven't finished it yet but I have to remove it from my current read or I'll go crazy..
Anyways, great essays!

[cara dougan · Rating 5 out of 5]

recently just properly annotated this book and ugh so many perfect quotations. mr poe is the loml