{"product_id":"the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom-9780300283839","title":"The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA selection of the lively letters between one of the world's greatest literary critics and the poets, novelists, and scholars he most admired\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together a collection of Harold Bloom's letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an intimate view of one of the most famous literary critics of the last century. In correspondence with Alvin Feinman, Northrop Frye, A. R. Ammons, John Hollander, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Henri Cole, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we see Bloom developing his groundbreaking theory of poetic influence, transforming himself into a public intellectual, and reckoning with the meaning of his own legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Bloom's public persona was oracular, sure, and often combative, his letters are inquiring and provisional, revealing his overarching obsession with good writing. The presence of love, as the letters show, was always vital to how Bloom worked as a reader. Filled with delightful anecdotes and poignant observations, these letters--many of them published here for the first time--offer a new window onto twentieth-century letters and Bloom's long and illustrious career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.77w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300283839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (1930-2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Anatomy of Influence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTake Arms Against a Sea of Troubles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eHeather Cass White\u003c\/b\u003e is an English professor at the University of Alabama. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBooks Promiscuously Read: Reading as a Way of Life\u003c\/i\u003e, among other volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Harold Bloom \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231504380061,"sku":"9780300283839","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2cd8fbd6-1a45-48f0-9f6f-92340c073037.jpg?v=1778577891","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-man-who-read-everything-the-literary-letters-of-harold-bloom-9780300283839","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}