Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages
Resumen del libro
If readers are to come to Shakespeare and to Chekhov, to Henry James and to Jane Austen, then they are best prepared if they have read Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling," writes Harold Bloom in his introduction to this enchanting and much-needed anthology of exceptional stories and poems selected to inspire a lifelong love of reading. As television, video games, and the Internet threaten to distract young people from the solitary pleasures of reading, Bloom presents a volume that will amuse, challenge, and beguile readers with its myriad voices and subjects.
Here are old favorites by beloved writers of children's literature, as well as exciting rediscoveries and wonderful works penned by writers better known for their adult classics, such as Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton, and Walt Whitman. Encompassing the natural world and the supernatural; childhood, romance, and death; pets, wild animals, and goblins; mystery, adventure, and humor; the selections reflect the passion and erudition of our most revered literary critic. Arranged by season, Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages is a must-have anthology, sure to delight readers young and old for years to come.
Biografía del autor
Harold Bloom (1930-2019) ocupó la cátedra Sterling de Humanidades de la Universidad de Yale, y previamente la cátedra Charles Eliot Norton de Harvard. Entre sus más de cuarenta libros, se cuentan: La ansiedad de la influencia, El canon occidental, Shakespeare: la invención de lo humano, La religión americana, Cómo leer y por qué, Relatos y poemas para niños extremadamente inteligentes de todas las edades, El daimon sabe y La escuela de Wallace Stevens (Vaso Roto, 2011) . Fue miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de Artes y Letras y de la Fundación MacArthur, y recibió numerosos premios y títulos honoríficos, entre ellos la Medalla de Oro de la Academia Estadounidense para las Bellas Letras y la Crítica, el Premio Hans Christian Andersen, el Premio Internacional Catalonia y el Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes de México.
