


Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is a companion to Shakespeare's work, and just as much an inquiry into what it means to be human. Before Shakespeare there was characterization after Shakespeare, there were characters, men and women capable of change, with highly individual personalities. A landmark achievement as expansive, erudite, and passionate as its renowned author. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human is an analysis of the central work of the Western canon, and of the playwright who not only invented the English language, but also, as Bloom argues, created human nature as we know it today. The two noble kinsmen - Coda : the Shakespearean difference - A word at the end : foregrounding Chronology - To the reader - Shakespeare's universalism - I. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human - Harold Bloom - Google Books Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human Harold Bloom Fourth Estate, 1999 - Characters and characteristics in.
