The Western CanonThe literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. An impressive workdeeply, 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 listit is a heroically brave, formidably learned defense of the great works of literature that comprise the

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Lisa was marched around to the flat with her possessions and her nightmare was complete

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even a wife—though he's never touched his convenient

it takes a Queen’s eye to see connections where no one else can

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a woman's quest for scientific truth runs parallel to her search for a home

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the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal