Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

ISBN 10 : 160413187X ISBN 13 : 9781604131871

Editeur : Chelsea House Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

Maya Angelou's unforgettable autobiography recounts her struggle as a young black woman to overcome obstacles and realize her dreams. The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive critical overview of this modern classic.

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À propos de l'auteur

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University. He is the author of 30 books, including Shelley's Mythmaking (1959), The Visionary Company (1961), Blake's Apocalypse (1963), Yeats (1970), A Map of Misreading (1975), Kabbalah and Criticism (1975), Agon: Toward a Theory of Revisionism (1982), The American Religion (1992), The Western Canon (1994), and Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection (1996). The Anxiety of Influence (1973) sets forth Professor Bloom's provocative theory of the literary relationships between the great writers and their predecessors. His most recent books include Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human (1998), a 1998 National Book Award finalist, How to Read and Why (2000), Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds (2002), Hamlet: Poem Unlimited (2003), Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (2004), and Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (2005). In 1999, Professor Bloom received the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Criticism. He has also received the International Prize of Catalonia, the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico, and the Hans Christian Andersen Bicentennial Prize of Denmark.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chelsea House Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 160413187X
• ISBN 13: 9781604131871
• Reliure: Belle reliure
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 141
• Éditeur: Bloom Harold
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