“SOME literary works are mortal; Jane Austen’s are immortal,” writes Harold Bloom in his foreword to this delightful volume.
In the memorable phrase of critic Harold Bloom, she was the "world's first celebrity."
Harold Bloom has written, and I think he's absolutely right, that Milton begins Paradise Lost with a powerful defense against lateness.
Harold Bloom's preface links Sufi mysticism with Shakespeare's visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as The Tempest and Hamlet.
Harold Bloom, a literary critic, describes Smith as “an authentic religious genius, unique in our national history.” Mark Twain, less charitably, called the Book of Mormon “chloroform in print”.
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