The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages

The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller.

“An impressive work…deeply, rightly passionate about the great books of the past.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World

Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a “heroically brave, formidably learned” defense of the great works of literature that comprise the traditional Western Canon. Infused wi...