How to Read and Why
- ISBN-10
- 0684859076
- ISBN-13
- 9780684859071
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-10-02
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Harold Bloom
Description
At a time when faster and easier electronic media threaten to eclipse reading and literature, the author explores reasons for reading and demonstrates the aesthetic pleasure reading can bring.
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