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The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

By (author) Harold Bloom

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The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. â€œAn impressive workâ€¦deeply, rightly passionate about the great books of the past.â€â€”Michael Dirda,Â The Washington Post Book World Harold Bloom'sÂ The Western CanonÂ is more than a required reading listâ€”it is a â€œheroically brave, formidably learnedâ€ defense of the great works of literature that comprise the traditional Western Canon. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the essential writers ofÂ the western literary tradition (The New York Times Book Review). Placing William Shakespeare at the â€œcenter of the canon,â€ Bloom examines the literary contributions of Dante Alighieri, John Milton, Jane Austen, Emily Dickenson, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Pablo Neruda, and many others. Bloom's book, much-discussed and praised in publications as diverse asÂ The EconomistÂ andÂ Entertainment Weekly, offers a dazzling display of erudition and passion.

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The Ballerina and the Bull: Anarchist Utopias in the Age of Finance

Johanna Isaacson
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Our moment has seen the resurgence of an anarchist sensibility, from the uprisings in Seattle in 1999 to the Occupy movement of 2011.

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The Memory Collectors: A Novel

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