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Just bought the Everyman's Library collection of Shakespeare to replace my varied paperbacks! My wallet hurts.

Seeing lot's a parallels between the character of Satan and some of Shakespeare's tragedians (Iago especially, also Hamlet)

Reading this before seeing it performed by http://www.commshakes.org/ tonight on the Boston Commons!

Gearing up to read Ulysses in August.

"We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire."

I forgot my kindle (and thus Henderson the Rain King) at home today... Wretched luck.

Now just as man has almost no physiological self-knowledge except what is derived from comparative anatomy, so vanity and various other causes of illusion prevent us from having a clear picture of out own passions except through the observation of the weaknesses of others. If by chance this essay of mine serves any useful purpose, it will be to train the mind to make this sort of comparison.

It is hard for me to see these as "Critical Essays" when really they seem to be positive reviews preached to a choir. Bloom's prestige undoes him a bit, I think, and he takes his own opinion for granted at times (though I suppose all reviews are narcissistic in nature). He definitely makes me want to read more; not necessarily because of his insights, but maybe despite them...

Bellow is the authorial nonpareil of the middle life crisis. I am loving every sentence.