David Copperfield

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Harold Bloom
Chelsea House, 1992 - Literary Criticism - 255 pages
In the Dickens classic, David enjoys an idyllic life with his widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Things change when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy lives in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt.

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Contents

CRITICAL ESSAYS
47
LAUGHTER
65
FRUSTRATION AND RESOLUTION
86
Copyright

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About the author (1992)

Harold Bloom was born on July 11, 1930 in New York City. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell in 1951 and his Doctorate from Yale in 1955. After graduating from Yale, Bloom remained there as a teacher, and was made Sterling Professor of Humanities in 1983. Bloom's theories have changed the way that critics think of literary tradition and has also focused his attentions on history and the Bible. He has written over twenty books and edited countless others. He is one of the most famous critics in the world and considered an expert in many fields. In 2010 he became a founding patron of Ralston College, a new institution in Savannah, Georgia, that focuses on primary texts. His works include Fallen Angels, Till I End My Song: A Gathering of Last Poems, Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life and The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of The King James Bible. Harold Bloom passed away on October 14, 2019 in New Haven, at the age of 89.

Bibliographic information

TitleDavid Copperfield
Major literary characters
EditorHarold Bloom
ContributorHarold Bloom
PublisherChelsea House, 1992
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedMay 14, 2008
ISBN0791009378, 9780791009376
Length255 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Literary Criticism / General
  
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