How to Read and Why Audiobook

" This is a book for believers: the message is that there is one God only and his name is Shakespeare! If you have a prejudice against literature and its prophets, than prof Bloom's obscure writing will most certainly confirm it. This is pompous bs, and I really can't remember why on earth I gave it that second star. Maybe there was a decent piece about Kafka. No, it is not worthwhile to ponder how to read Bloom. Just why is enough. "

" I am a huge Harold Bloom fan and enjoy his style of literary criticsm. H ehas a way of letting the reader know what he thinks but also gives the reader an opportunity to agree or disagree with what he is saying. He will give you a new way to look at what you have read or are reading. "

" I'm with him. "

" This book certainly won't appeal to everybody as it is academic and offers very little in the way of pleasure. However, Harold Bloom's insight, intellect, and practically boundless knowledge of literature is more than impressive. "

" great intro. the book reviews demand that you have actually read some works of great literature, so I had to skip most of them. "

" Equal parts insight and arrogance. Dogmatic. Bloom is unquestionably bright but full of self importance. "

" Interesting, but more like "WHAT to read and why". "

" Bloom explains what makes great literature, why it matters, and how we should approach it so late in history. "

" the man's a genius. i agree with much of what he says and appreciate all of his thoughts. you gotta love literature to read harold bloom. go for it. "

" Harold Bloom is God. "

" I've read **in** this book for several yrs., & finally left it at a friend's, 1/2 read.It's good, though hardly spritely reading.I trust Bloom (even when I may not share his judgments), but hope he was a more lively teacher than, in this book, is shows himself an author. "

" Another great book of literary criticism! It left me with a list of books that I want to to make sure to read.It even made me re-evaluate books that I have read and disliked, like As I lay Dying by Faulkner. I might even give that one a second chance at some point in the future. "

" This man is brilliant and boring. I`m used to reading difficult and highbrow material. I just drag my way through his. Maybe one day , after I read EVERYTHING there is to read , I can revisit this man`s work and find it less tedious. "

" Bloom explains what makes great literature, why it matters, and how we should approach it so late in history. "