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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a survey of Shakespeare published in 1998 by literary critic Harold Bloom.
Summary
Bloom provides an analysis of each of Shakespeare's 38 plays, "twenty-four of which are masterpieces."[1] Written as a companion to the general reader and theater-goer, Bloom declared that bardolatry "ought to be even more a secular religion than it already is."[2] He also contended in the work that Shakespeare "invented" humanity, in that he prescribed the now-common practice of "overhearing" ourselves, which drives our changes. The two paragons of his theory were Sir John Falstaff of Henry IV and Hamlet, whom Bloom saw as representing self-satisfaction and self-loathing, respectively. These two characters, Iago, and Cleopatra, Bloom believed (citing A. C. Bradley), are "the four Shakespearean characters most inexhaustible to meditation."[1]
Throughout Shakespeare, characters from disparate plays are imagined alongside and interacting with each other. As in The Western Canon, Bloom criticizes what he calls the "School of Resentment" for its failure to live up to the challenge of Shakespeare's universality and for balkanizing the study of literature through multicultural and historicist departments. Asserting Shakespeare's singular popularity throughout the world, Bloom proclaims him the only truly multicultural author. Repudiating the "social energies" to which historicists ascribed Shakespeare's authorship, Bloom pronounced his modern academic foes – and all of society – to be but "a parody of Shakespearean energies".
Reception
References
- ^ a b "Harold Bloom". December 2, 2008. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead, 1998, p. xix.
- ^ Anthony Holden (March 1999). "Glimpse of Intelligence Too Vast to Apprehend". literaryreview.co.uk. Literary Review. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Atwan, Robert (February 1, 1999). "Review: Shakespeare". bostonreview.net. Boston Review. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Shapiro, James (November 1, 1998). "Soul of the Age". nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human". publishersweekly.com. Publishers Weekly. 28 September 1998. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Nicholas Lezard (12 November 1999). "Bloom's new invention". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ Geoffrey O'Brien (18 February 1999). "The Last Shakespearean?". The New York Review. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "CNN - Salon review: 'Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human' - November 3, 1998". CNN.
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