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shawnwhy's review against another edition
5.0
I only read the parts about the authors that I know, a very good review of those things.
He always likes to speak of great literature in terms of the Gnostic Times when people had to create their own illusion of social reality out of chaos and different powers inside and outside of us.
in this one the descriptions of Ahab's interior energies that powers him and drives his actions is a wonderful read. I wish that he could have gone into the sublime gnostic reality that I love so much a bit more;
He always likes to speak of great literature in terms of the Gnostic Times when people had to create their own illusion of social reality out of chaos and different powers inside and outside of us.
in this one the descriptions of Ahab's interior energies that powers him and drives his actions is a wonderful read. I wish that he could have gone into the sublime gnostic reality that I love so much a bit more;
okcartographer's review against another edition
5.0
Monumental in scope, honest in its biases (and convincing in them as well), I found Bloom's charting of American literature's Odyssey illuminating and expansive. It brought new light to writers I thought I knew while introducing varried interpretations to those who have begged for endless nuance. It is a tome I will return to frequently for reference and to be wowed again each time.
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