For my lunches last month I sat in my car and listened to the audio book by Harold Bloom, What Piece of Work is Man. It's 8.3 hours of professor Bloom essentially giving the course he has taught for 50 years at Yale, into a microphone.
Insightful, interesting, and surprisingly emotional. And beautiful. He covers the seven major tragedies and brings to light the exciting literary news. He holds a special place for Juliet, whom he says is the first fully-formed human in literature. You may not agree but he makes one hell of an argument.
Oh yeah, a Barnes & Noble exclusive.
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