"Harold Bloom and William Shakespeare The 'Saints of Repetition' and the Towers of Babel" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm172/ Author: Sakhkhane, Taoufiq. Type: Journal Article Year: 2022 Publication Information: Critical Survey 34, no. 3 (2022): 1–17. Annotation: Elaborates rationale for reception of Harold Bloom’s critical works Western Canon and Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human, noting works' “anxiety of decentring Shakespeare, or fear of de-Westernisation.” Assumes that part of logic behind reception and disagreement stems from “modalities of reception of the Bard” and desire to resituate Shakespeare studies within “complex congeries of power relations.” English summary, 1. Language: English Cross-References: Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human Bloom, The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages Persons: Bloom, Harold Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2024 WSB Record Number: bbbm172