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- A complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world
- Bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study
- A useful chronology of the writer's life
- An introductory essay by Harold Bloom.
Harold Bloom (1930–2019), author of The Anxiety of Influence, The Western Canon, and Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, was Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was awarded their highest honor, the Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism.
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