Genius and Genius

Harold Bloom , one of the great literary critics and a champion of written culture, examines one hundred of the most creative and literary minds in history. From the Bible to Socrates, thought the trascendent achievements of Shakespeare and Dante, down trought the ages to Jane Austen, the Brontë Sisters and James Joyce, Bloom reveals how the gratests writers can help us make the most of our own lives. Looking at the best and wisest authors, both western and eastern, for the last threethousand years, Bloom asks how literary characters have dealt with love, ageing, death and mourning.