Take Arms Against a Sea of Troubles

The Power of a Reader's Mind over a Universe of Death

De: Harold Bloom

Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini

Duración: 20 h y 2 m

Resumen del Editor

The last book written by the most famous literary critic of his generation, on the sustaining power of poetry.   

This dazzling celebration of the power of poetry to sublimate death - completed weeks before Harold Bloom died - shows how literature renews life amid what Milton called a universe of death. Bloom reads as a way of taking arms against the sea of life's troubles, taking listeners on a grand tour of the poetic voices that have haunted him through a lifetime of reading. High literature, he writes, is a saving lie against time, loss of individuality, premature death. In passages of breathtaking intimacy, we see him awake late at night, reciting lines from Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Montaigne, Blake, Wordsworth, Hart Crane, Jay Wright, and many others. He feels himself edged by nothingness, uncomprehending, but still sustained by reading. Generous and clear-eyed, this is among Harold Bloom's most ambitious and most moving books.

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Culmination of Bloom’s Wisdom

An excellent selection interwoven with insightful and wise commentary. Easy to navigate with the chapter headings. Narration is well done.