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443 Updating Bloom's Canon (with Bethanne Patrick)

The History of Literature

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Harold Bloom's Western Canon

Jack Kerouac: Who would you add in order to round out harold bloom's western canon? Kerouak: The greatest of all time, and that is tony morris. He says beloved is transformative not just because it goes directly into the problem of racial injustice in the united states but also breaks open the form of the novel with its experimental way.

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