Lord of the Flies - William Golding by Harold Bloom

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Lord of the Flies - William Golding by Harold Bloom

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Presents a story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island. This title explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. It features critical essays on the story, supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, and a bibliography.

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Lord of the Flies - William Golding by Harold Bloom

In this adventure story about a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island, William Golding explores the dark side of humanity and the savagery that surfaces when social structure is broken down, and rules, ideals, and values are lost. New critical essays on ""Lord of the Flies"" are supplemented by a chronology of the author's life, a bibliography, and notes about the essay contributors.
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.
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ISBN 13 9780791098264
ISBN 10 0791098265
Title Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Author Harold Bloom
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Binding type Hardback
Publisher Chelsea House Publishers
Year published 2008-05-30
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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