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Ruin the Sacred Truths: Poetry and Belief from the Bible to the Present

By (author) Harold Bloom





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Bloom surveys with majestic view the literature of the West from the Old Testament to Samuel Beckett. In so doing, he uncovers the truth that all our attempts to call any strong work more sacred than another are merely political and social formulations.

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Publisher | Harvard University Press
Published date | 21 Jan 2022
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Format | Digital (delivered electronically)
Pages | 214
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ISBN | 978-0-6740-2310-9
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BISAC | literary criticism / general


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