Shakespeare the Seven Major Tragedies - The Modern Scholar Recorded Books {Unabridged} {Audio} {Cd}

by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities and English at Yale University Presented by Harold Bloom (Narrator)

This series of lectures presents a study of Shakespeare's seven greatest tragedies from one of the world's foremost literary critics and authorities. The Modern scholar 7 sound discs (7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (80 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.) Disc 1. Romeo and Juliet ; Julius Caesar -- Disc 2. Hamlet, part I ; Hamlet, part II -- Disc 3. Hamlet, part III ; Othello, part I -- Disc 4. Othello, part II ; King Lear, part I -- Disc 5. King Lear, part II ; King Lear, part III -- Disc 6. Macbeth, part I ; Macbeth, part II -- Disc 7. Antony and Cleopatra, part I ; Antony and Cleopatra, part II.

Genres: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

Audio CD

Published January 1, 2005

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

[Stetson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best lecture series on Shakespeare's major tragedies. Harold Bloom's critical insights are erudite and his knowledge of Shakespeare is impressive even among literary scholars.

For anyone that has read Bloom before, many of the claims will be familiar: Shakespeare is an unparalleled artist, Shakespeare's work "birthed" modern consciousness, Hamlet is the ingenious character portrait in the Western Canon. To other these claims may seem outlandish or bombastic. Regardless on one's feelings about the critical perspective, I encourage anyone interested in belle-lettres to check out these lectures.

[Jacques · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one needs to be listened to at 1.5X speed, but I found it filled with valuable insights. It got me eager to read the plays again.

[Daryl Mather · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only audiobook delivered by the late, great Harold Bloom.