The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
Cover of the first edition
Author
Harold Bloom
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Western canon
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Publication date
1994
Media type
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages
578
ISBN
978-1-57322-514-4
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the author defends the concept of the Western canon by discussing 26 writers whom he sees as central to the canon.
TheWesterncanon is the body of high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly valued in the West; works that have achieved...
TheWesternCanon: The Books and School of the Ages is a 1994 book about Western literature by the American literary critic Harold Bloom, in which the...
Look up canon or Canon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canon or Canons may refer to: Canon (fiction), the material accepted as officially written...
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Westerncanon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "School of Resentment"...
considered to be theWesterncanon. The list of works in theWesterncanon varies according to the critic's opinions on Western culture and the relative importance...
Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles is a collection of ancient ecclesiastical decrees (eighty-five in the Eastern, fifty in theWestern Church) concerning...
Western canon. Although the term is often associated with theWesterncanon, it can be applied to works of literature from all traditions, such as the Chinese...
Chicago, the volumes were billed as a collection and guide to the most important ideas, clustered under 102 "Great Ideas", of theWesterncanon. The term...
one of the most significant works of theWesterncanon. The first English translation of the Odyssey was in the 16th century. Adaptations and re-imaginings...
Bible. The English word canon comes from the Greek κανών kanōn, meaning "rule" or "measuring stick". The use of the word "canon" to refer to a set of religious...
Christendom. Western scholars have classified the books of thecanon into two categories — the narrower canon, which consists mostly of books familiar to the West...
woman familiar with the Great Books of theWesterncanon and knowledgeable of the Great Ideas visited in the "Great Conversation" over the course of three...
in theWesterncanon. Philomela was the younger of two daughters of Pandion I, King of Athens, and the naiad Zeuxippe. Her sister, Procne, was the wife...
high culture, by way of theWesterncanon of literature. Media theorist Steven Johnson writes that, unlike popular culture, "the classics—and soon to be...
Archived from the original on September 26, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2023. "The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of theWesternCanon - Dana Schwartz...
Western law comprises the legal traditions of Western culture, with roots in Roman law and canon law. As Western culture shares a Graeco-Roman Classical...
and literatures. It employs many allusions to theWesterncanon: Ovid's Metamorphoses, the legend of the Fisher King, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's...
reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in theWesterncanon. Written over a period of seventeen years and published in 1939, the novel was Joyce's...
493–514. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4. Bloom, Harold (1994). TheWesternCanon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company...
in theWesterncanon making comparisons and allusions to the works of earlier writers and thinkers. As such it is a name used in the promotion of the Great...
: Grove Press, 1961. p. 195. Bloom, Harold (1995). TheWesternCanon: The Books and School of the Ages. New York: Riverhead Books. p. 529. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4...
The critic Harold Bloom listed Sons and Lovers as one of the books that have been important and influential in Western culture in TheWesternCanon (1994)...
believes that The Rainbow vindicates Lawrence's vision. The critic Harold Bloom listed The Rainbow in his TheWesternCanon (1994) as one of the books that...