How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom

How to Read and Why

Harold Bloom

288 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative reflective slow-paced

Description

"Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom commences this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty ye...

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informative 94%
reflective 73%
challenging 31%
inspiring 31%
funny 5%
hopeful 5%
relaxing 5%

Pace

slow 55%
medium 44%

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