00815nam a22001457a 4500003000200000005001700002020001800019082001200037100001800049245005200067260003400119300001000153520048300163650002300646020260517171807.0  a9780063452046  a809 BLO  aBloom, Harold  aWestern canon: the books and school of the ages  aNew YorkbMariner Booksc2025  a579p.  aHarold 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 with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the essential writers of the western literary tradition (The New York Times Book Review).  aLiterary Criticism