num_pages: 546
description: Literary critic Harold Bloom's The Western Canon is more than a required reading list—it is a vision. Infused with a love of learning, compelling in its arguments for a unifying written culture, it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the great works of the western literary tradition and essential writers of the ages. The Western Canon was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
language: English
title: The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
titlecomplete: The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
genres: Philosophy, Education, Reference, Literature, Criticism, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Literary Criticism, Books About Books
ratings_count: 3258
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
publisher: Riverhead Books