{"product_id":"the-art-of-reading-poetry-9780060769666","title":"The Art of Reading Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The work of great poetry is to aid us to become free artists of ourselves.\" -Harold Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Reading Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, Harold Bloom gives us his critical reflections on more than a half century devoted to reading, teaching, and writing about great verse, the literary achievements he loves most, and conveys his passionate concern for how a poem should be interpreted and appreciated. By illuminating such subjects as poetic voice, metaphor and allusion, and the nature of poetic value itself, Bloom presents an invaluable learning tool as a key to artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloom, Harold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHarold Bloom was a Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. His more than thirty books include \u003cem\u003eThe Best Poems of the English Language\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Reading Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of J\u003c\/em\u003e. He was a MacArthur Prize Fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Belles Lettres and Criticism, the International Prize of Catalonia, and the Alfonso Reyes Prize of Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648767398162,"sku":"9780060769666","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_021613b7-fe52-4c30-a19a-9be9a5f0c71d.jpg?v=1733248472","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-reading-poetry-9780060769666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}