Cleopatra: I Am Fire And Air (shakespeare's Personalities)
by Harold Bloom /
2017 / English / EPUB
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From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our
time, comes an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of
Cleopatra—one of the Bard’s most riveting and memorable female
characters.
From Harold Bloom, one of the greatest Shakespeare scholars of our
time, comes an intimate, wise, deeply compelling portrait of
Cleopatra—one of the Bard’s most riveting and memorable female
characters.
Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history—and thanks to
Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in
literature. She is lover of Marc Antony, defender of Egypt, and,
perhaps most enduringly, a champion of life. Cleopatra is supremely
vexing, tragic, and complex. She has fascinated readers and
audiences for centuries and has been played by the greatest
actresses of their time, from Elizabeth Taylor to Vivien Leigh to
Janet Suzman to Judi Dench.
Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history—and thanks to
Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in
literature. She is lover of Marc Antony, defender of Egypt, and,
perhaps most enduringly, a champion of life. Cleopatra is supremely
vexing, tragic, and complex. She has fascinated readers and
audiences for centuries and has been played by the greatest
actresses of their time, from Elizabeth Taylor to Vivien Leigh to
Janet Suzman to Judi Dench.
Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom writes
about Cleopatra with wisdom, joy, exuberance, and compassion. He
also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just
as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high
school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains
his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own
lifetime. The book becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for
literature as a path to and a measure of our own humanity.
Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom writes
about Cleopatra with wisdom, joy, exuberance, and compassion. He
also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just
as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high
school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains
his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own
lifetime. The book becomes an extraordinarily moving argument for
literature as a path to and a measure of our own humanity.
Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, wrestling with the often
tragic choices Shakespeare’s characters make. With
Bloom is mesmerizing in the classroom, wrestling with the often
tragic choices Shakespeare’s characters make. WithCleopatra
Cleopatra, he delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us
to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in
our world. The result is an invaluable resource from our greatest
literary critic.
, he delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us
to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in
our world. The result is an invaluable resource from our greatest
literary critic.