Genius: A Mosaic Of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds
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What does it mean to be a genius? Harold Bloom, one of the most celebrated and provocative literary critics of the twentieth century, sets out to answer this eternal question in Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, a sweeping intellectual portrait gallery that chronicles the lives, works, and towering achievements of one hundred of history's most luminous creative thinkers. Drawing from a vast range of writers, poets, philosophers, and artists — from Shakespeare and Dante to Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud — Bloom constructs a rich, mosaic-like argument for what separates mere talent from the transcendent power of authentic genius, anchored by a deeply personal and erudite critical voice. Characteristically bold in its ambitions, the work presents Bloom's signature blend of passionate advocacy and formidable scholarship, drawing on the Kabbalistic concept of creative originality he had long championed in works such as The Anxiety of Influence and The Western Canon. Organised into ten sections corresponding to ten divine attributes, the book argues that true genius is inseparable from an almost mystical capacity for self-reinvention and surprise. Whether one agrees or dissents with Bloom's sometimes provocative selections and judgements, Genius stands as an indispensable — and irresistible — challenge to every reader who has ever wondered what it truly means to create something immortal.
Author: Harold Bloom
Format: Paperback
Published: 2002, Warner Books (An AOL Time Warner Company)
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
What does it mean to be a genius? Harold Bloom, one of the most celebrated and provocative literary critics of the twentieth century, sets out to answer this eternal question in Genius: A Mosaic of One Hundred Exemplary Creative Minds, a sweeping intellectual portrait gallery that chronicles the lives, works, and towering achievements of one hundred of history's most luminous creative thinkers. Drawing from a vast range of writers, poets, philosophers, and artists — from Shakespeare and Dante to Emily Dickinson and Sigmund Freud — Bloom constructs a rich, mosaic-like argument for what separates mere talent from the transcendent power of authentic genius, anchored by a deeply personal and erudite critical voice. Characteristically bold in its ambitions, the work presents Bloom's signature blend of passionate advocacy and formidable scholarship, drawing on the Kabbalistic concept of creative originality he had long championed in works such as The Anxiety of Influence and The Western Canon. Organised into ten sections corresponding to ten divine attributes, the book argues that true genius is inseparable from an almost mystical capacity for self-reinvention and surprise. Whether one agrees or dissents with Bloom's sometimes provocative selections and judgements, Genius stands as an indispensable — and irresistible — challenge to every reader who has ever wondered what it truly means to create something immortal.