The Western Canon

First edition. A controversial literary criticism of our time by one of today's greatest literary critics. In this work, Bloom explores our Western literary tradition by concentrating on the works of twenty-six authors central to the Canon: Shakespeare; Milton; Moliere; Dante; Cervantes; Tolstoy; Ibsen; Whitman, to name a few examples. Repudiating feminism, multiculturism and political correctness, he concludes with a list of essential writers that comprise his vision of the Canon. ii , viii, iv , 578 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..