Texts that can help me appreciate and analyse litreature I'm

>>7553183
>How to Read Literature Like a Professor or An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory by Andrew Bennett

Why aren't those sufficient?

>>7553186
I haven't read either, I'm just looking for the best example akin to those

Bloom's got a whole series on the analysis of pivotal works by hand picked essays from both himself and other important writers.

His shakespeare is also worth a look i've also farted

>>7553183
https://warosu.org/lit/thread/S7421085

>>7553213
Thanks man

>>7553183
>How to Read Literature Like a Professor

Does this shit actually help? What does it teach you? I haven't studied lit since GCSE level so I feel like I might be missing out on some techniques and stuff.

>>7553259
See >>7553213

>>7553270
Yeah, thanks, should've read the thread before posting. I'm going to order the Pound and Prose ones when I finish my current stack.

>>7553213
Anyone happen to have read How Fiction Works by James Wood? I generally like him as a reviewer.

>>7553183
>Surgical Urology
Sounds like a fun read.

Have any of you read How to Read and Why by Bloom

>>7553259
It's a great book to read to pretend you're well read because it covers a great deal of the western canon.

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>>7553183

>OP's pic
>Dan Brown

>>7553420
it's included in the beginning of his poetry anthology, i read parts of it