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The American canon : literary genius from Emerson to Pynchon /

"Harold Bloom is our greatest living student of literature, "a colossus among critics" (The New York Times) and a "master entertainer" (Newsweek). Over the course of a remarkable career spanning more than half a century, in such best-selling books as The Western Canon and Sh...

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Main Author:	Bloom, Harold (Author)
Other Authors:	Mikics, David, 1961- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : The Library of America, [2019]
Subjects:	American literature > History and criticism. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Authors, American. American literature. 1800-1999 Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism.

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