Marlow

by Harold Bloom

Hardcover Chelsea House Publications Date 1992 9780791009635 0791009637

216 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1992

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

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had no idea that Marlow was a character in four different Joseph Conrad books until I found this book at the library while seeking literary critiques of Lord Jim, in which Marlow serves as the major narrator and sympathetic ally of Jim. I skimmed through some of the book and focused in on the parts pertinent to Lord Jim.

Twenty four critical extracts plus nine essays make up the contents of which three essays and several extracts deal with Lord Jim specifically. The essay by Benita Parry was so difficult to follow I felt like I need an additional interpretation of her analysis.