William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure

Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations

by Harold Bloom

A collection of critical essays on Shakespeare's problematical comedy "Measure for Measure" arranged in chronological order of publication.

157 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

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

[David Loveland]

Quite interesting. Harold Bloom's critical editions are always excellent and his selections cover a wide range of thematic and formal elements of the plays.