THE ART OF READING POETRY

A paperback original, Bloom's stand-alone introduction to The Best Poems of the
English Language.

A notable feature of Harold Bloom's poetry anthology The Best
Poems English Language is his lengthy introductory essay, here reprinted as a s
eparate book. For the first time Bloom gives his readers an elegant guide to rea
ding poetry--a master critic's distillation of a lifetime of teaching and critic
ism. He tackles such subjects as poetic voice, the nature of metaphor and allusi
on, and the nature of poetic value itself. Bloom writes "the work of great poetr
y is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves." This essay is an invaluable
guide to poetry.