Harold Bloom

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children of All Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

The "New York Times Magazine" called Bloom "a colossus among critics . . . his enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant." In this enchanting anthology, Bloom brings his love of literature to the younger generation as he presents favorite poems and stories by well-known children's writers, and introduces works by authors better known for their adult classics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Altersempfehlung: 9 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780684868745
• ISBN-10: 0684868741
• Artikelnr.: 21925544

Autorenporträt

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. He has written more than twenty books, including The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and How to Read and Why. He is a MacArthur Prize fellow, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the recipient of many awards, including the Academy's Gold Medal for Criticism. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, and New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
Book I....Spring
The Human Seasons John Keats
The Song of the Four Winds Thomas Love Peacock
The Wind and The Rain William Shakespeare
The Ass Eating Thistles Aesop
A Crazy Tale Gilbert Keith Chesterton
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Rudyard Kipling
The Message of the March Wind William Morris
A Musical Instrument Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Little Birds of the Night Stephen Crane
There Was A Child Went Forth Walt Whitman
Reflections Lafcadio Hearn
The Owl and The Pussy-Cat Edward Lear
Old May Song Anonymous
"Home No More Home To Me" Robert Louis Stevenson
The Fairies William Allingham
Green Grass Anonymous
"Beautiful Soup, So Rich and Green" Lewis Carroll
"Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down" Anonymous
"Here We Come A Piping" Anonymous
"Hey Nonny No!" Anonymous
"I Had A Little Nut-Tree" Anonymous
The Lincolnshire Poacher Anonymous
Complements Emile Zola
Book II....Summer
The King of the Golden River John Ruskin
The Jumblies Edward Lear
A Runnable Stag John Davidson
A Pig-Tale Lewis Carroll
The Elephant's Child Rudyard Kipling
The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson
"I Saw A Peacock With A Fiery Tail" Anonymous
"In Winter, When The Fields Are White" Lewis Carroll
"Echo's Lament For Narcissus" Ben Jonson
The Way Through The Woods Rudyard Kipling
The Remarkable Rocket Oscar Wilde
Journalism In Tennessee Mark Twain
Roaring Mad Tom Anonymous
The Mad Gardener's Song Lewis Carroll
The War-Song of Dinas Vawr thomas Love Peacock
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Rudyard Kipling
Uncle David's Nonsensical Story About Giants and Fairies
Catherine Sinclair
The Fox and The Hedgehog Aesop
The Goose-Girl Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde Mary De Morgan
August algernon Charles Swinburne
The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear
The Crow and The Pitcher Aesop
The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Stephen Crane
Humpty Dumpty Lewis Carroll
Book III....Autumn
The Stag Looking Into The Water Aesop
The Mock Turtle's Story Lewis Carroll
The Floating Old Man Edward Lear
The Wood So Wild Anonymous
The Problem of Thor Bridge Arthur Conan Doyle
Wakefield Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover Lafcadio Hearn
Goblin Market Christina Rossetti
The Three Strangers Thomas Hardy
How Much Land Does a Man Need? Leo Tolstoy
Ali The Persian's Story of the Kurd Sharper
The Arabian Nights
A Leave-Taking Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Unquiet Grave Anonymous
Autumn John Clare
"This is The Key of the Kingdom" Anonymous
The Dong With A Luminous Nose Edward Lear
"Weep You No More, Sad Fountains" Anonymous
"Will You Walk A Little Faster?" Lewis Carroll
The Two Pots Aesop
Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Recessional Saki
"I Loved A Lass" George Wither
"The Splendour Falls On Castle Walls"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"So, We'll Go No More A-Roving"
George Gordon, Lord Byron
The Dalliance of the Eagles Walt Whitman
November Robert Bridges
Drinking Song John Still
Love Will Find Out The Way Anonymous
My Cat Jeoffrey Christopher Smart
The White island Robert Herrick
Death and Cupid Aesop
"Who Has Seen The Wind?" Christina Rossetti
Book IV....Winter
The Red Shoes Hans Christian Andersen
The Signal-Man Charles Dickens
A Merry Note William Shakespeare
"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" William Shakespeare
The Lion of Winter William Shakespeare
Dirge in Woods Feorge Meredith
A Wintry Sonnet Christina Rossetti
Song Christina Rossetti
The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons
Nightmare William Schwenk Gilbert
Witches' Loaves O. Henry
The Horla Guy De Maupassant
Sir Patrick Spence Anonymous
A Helen of Kirconnell Anonymous
"I Know a Little Garden-Close" William Morris
Night William Blake
Snow-Flakes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Snowstorm John Clare
The Snowstorm Ralph Waldo Emerson
London Snow Robert Bridges
Bits of Straw John Clare
The Bell-Tower Herman Melville
In The Dark E. Nesbit
The Hag Robert Herrick
A Spell John Dryden
The Old Ghost Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Sorrow Aubrey De Vere
Luke Havergal Edwin Arlington Robinson
Dirge Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The Two Spirits Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Phantom-Wooer Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The Portent Herman Melville
William Wilson Edgar Allan Poe
The Queen of Spades Alexander Pushkin
All Souls' Edith Wharton
The Carrion Crow Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Badger John Clare
The Eagle Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Mariana Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Kraken Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells
The Nose Nikolai Gogol
The Song of Triumphant Love Ivan Turgenev
The Walrus and The Carpenter Lewis Carroll
A Noiseless Patient Spider Walt Whitman
Up-Hill Christina Rossetti
Author Index
Title Index
Copyright &#; By Harold Bloom, LLC