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Harold Bloom (July 11, 1930 – October 14, 2019) was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. [1] In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". [2]
Professor Gervase Fen: English language and literature The Chronicles of Narnia: C. S. Lewis: Professor Digory Kirke: history Discworld: Terry Pratchett: Professor Rincewind: Doomsday Book: Connie Willis: Professor James Dunworthy: history Dracula: Bram Stoker: Professor Abraham Van Helsing: many Exit to Eden: Anne Rice: Professor Collins ...
The Oxford Book of English Verse [23] is an anthology of English poetry that had a very substantial influence on popular taste and perception of poetry for at least a generation. The Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature in a ...
Thomas A. Bailey, professor of history, former Organization of American Historians president, former Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations president, author of numerous books on diplomatic history and the widely used textbook The American Pageant; Captain Edward L. Beach, Sr., USN (ret.), professor of military and naval history
The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America is a 2006 book by conservative American author and policy advocate David Horowitz. Contending that many academics in American colleges hold anti-American perspectives, Horowitz lists one hundred examples who he believes are sympathetic to terrorists and non-democratic governments.
Book series Author(s) Original language No. of installments First published Approximate sales The Shadowhunter Chronicles: Cassandra Clare: English: 14 + 8 companion books: 2007–present: 50 million [255] Earth's Children: Jean M. Auel: English: 6: 1980–2011: 45 million [256] A Child's First Library of Learning: Various authors: English: 29: ...
This is a list of English-language novels that multiple media outlets and commentators have considered to be among the best of all time. The books included on this list are on at least three "best/greatest of all time" lists.
Dame Winifred Mary Beard (born 1 January 1955) [1] is an English classicist specialising in Ancient Rome. She is a trustee of the British Museum and formerly held a personal professorship of classics at the University of Cambridge. [2] She is a fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature.