Il canone americano. Lo spirito creativo e la grande letteratura
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I "dàimon" per i filosofi greci erano gli esseri superiori, a metà strada fra il divino e l'umano; per Bloom sono gli scrittori dotati di un'intensità tale da elevarli verso il sovrasensibile: Whitman, Melville, Emerson, Dickinson, Hawthorne, James, Twain, Frost, Stevens, Eliot, Faulkner e Crane. Ritroviamo un'idea di letteratura esigente, idiosincratica, che è sempre anche una "guerra del gusto". Ma quando Bloom spiega perché l'amore per un poeta non si può spiegare, o perché Whitman gli ha letteralmente salvato la pelle, è chiaro che il merito principale di questo libro è di regalare ancora una volta il racconto di un'esperienza di lettura unica, non tanto diversa dalla vita, che fa corpo con la vita.
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- Pagine: 609
- Data di uscita: 23-02-2017
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Harold Bloom has written a fascinating book which pairs 12 of those American writers he considers have achieved the sublime, which he defines as literature which can, in feeling and speech, transcend the human. Some of the pairings are common sense, some seem more peculiar. The pairings are supposed Leggi tutto
At times, he’s maddeningly repetitive. Chapters on Mark Twain and William Faulkner taught me a few things about how to read them.
In Seeking to Locate Bloom's Daemon . . . This book could easily be titled "The Daemon Knows Harold Bloom," which is the appearance given on the cover. The two certainly seem to be on speaking terms. And the idea is actually humorous, almost as funny as Bloom himself. I am amazed that his critics do Leggi tutto
(Note: By "I've read this book!," I mean that I've read through the chapters about the authors I am somewhat familiar with-- Whitman, Melville, Emerson, Dickinson, and Twain. As for the others: I've got no interest in spoiling Faulkner for myself, and not a ton of interest in Hawthorne, Frost, James Leggi tutto
I read this book whilst writing my short fiction. Please, give it a read. http://littleblogofben.blogspot.co.uk... Harold Bloom is the smartest person alive right now. Okay, he's sometimes a bit of a slog to get through, but behind all the ranting is a man very serious in his field. The respect that Leggi tutto
Harold Bloom adores the Hall of Literary Greats where he serves as high prophet, priest, and chief of homeland security. Atop his pantheon loafs Walt Whitman, putative père of the American Sublime. Now I do appreciate Whitman. Every few years I crack open my Library of America Leaves of Grass and ma Leggi tutto
In his 80s, Harold Bloom writes reflectively on a lifetime of his own passionate reading of great American authors, among them Whitman, Emerson, Faulkner and Hart Crane. Rather than an impersonal, objective critical overview, Bloom's book is a very personal, very subjective critical experience defin Leggi tutto
"Energy over morality. The daemon knows how it is done." Like reading shakespeare i only understand, or misunderstand only part of what bloom is saying, but i learned quite a bit.
Harold Bloom discusses the works of 12 American authors in “The Daemon Knows.” With each author, Bloom focuses on the important works that they did to earn their place in this book. Bloom discusses them in pairs, so the first chapter talks about Walt Whitman and Herman Melville. Walt Whitman is prim Leggi tutto
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