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The New York Times Magazine A colossus among critics.... His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant.
Michael Pakenham The Baltimore Sun Bloom, one of this nation's premier intellects, draws together and makes sense of the purpose of the smartest, most enduring tales and poetry written primarily for children. The result is delightful reading.
John Mark Eberhart The Kansas City Star This volume...should indeed be shared by the generations.

Table of Contents
Contents

Introduction

Book I....Spring

The Human Seasons John Keats

The Song of the Four Winds Thomas Love Peacock

The Wind and The Rain William Shakespeare

The Ass Eating Thistles Aesop

A Crazy Tale Gilbert Keith Chesterton

How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Rudyard Kipling

The Message of the March Wind William Morris

A Musical Instrument Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Little Birds of the Night Stephen Crane

There Was A Child Went Forth Walt Whitman

Reflections Lafcadio Hearn

The Owl and The Pussy-Cat Edward Lear

Old May Song Anonymous

"Home No More Home To Me" Robert Louis Stevenson

The Fairies William Allingham

Green Grass Anonymous

"Beautiful Soup, So Rich and Green" Lewis Carroll

"Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down" Anonymous

"Here We Come A Piping" Anonymous

"Hey Nonny No!" Anonymous

"I Had A Little Nut-Tree" Anonymous

The Lincolnshire Poacher Anonymous

Complements Emile Zola

Book II....Summer

The King of the Golden River John Ruskin

The Jumblies Edward Lear

A Runnable Stag John Davidson

A Pig-Tale Lewis Carroll

The Elephant's Child Rudyard Kipling

The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson

"I Saw A Peacock With A Fiery Tail" Anonymous

"In Winter, When The Fields Are White" Lewis Carroll

"Echo's Lament For Narcissus" Ben Jonson

The Way Through The Woods Rudyard Kipling

The Remarkable Rocket Oscar Wilde

Journalism In Tennessee Mark Twain

Roaring Mad Tom Anonymous

The Mad Gardener's Song Lewis Carroll

The War-Song of Dinas Vawr thomas Love Peacock

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Rudyard Kipling

Uncle David's Nonsensical Story About Giants and Fairies

Catherine Sinclair

The Fox and The Hedgehog Aesop

The Goose-Girl Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm

The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde Mary De Morgan

August algernon Charles Swinburne

The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear

The Crow and The Pitcher Aesop

The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Stephen Crane

Humpty Dumpty Lewis Carroll

Book III....Autumn

The Stag Looking Into The Water Aesop

The Mock Turtle's Story Lewis Carroll

The Floating Old Man Edward Lear

The Wood So Wild Anonymous

The Problem of Thor Bridge Arthur Conan Doyle

Wakefield Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover Lafcadio Hearn

Goblin Market Christina Rossetti

The Three Strangers Thomas Hardy

How Much Land Does a Man Need? Leo Tolstoy

Ali The Persian's Story of the Kurd Sharper

The Arabian Nights

A Leave-Taking Algernon Charles Swinburne

The Unquiet Grave Anonymous

Autumn John Clare

"This is The Key of the Kingdom" Anonymous

The Dong With A Luminous Nose Edward Lear

"Weep You No More, Sad Fountains" Anonymous

"Will You Walk A Little Faster?" Lewis Carroll

The Two Pots Aesop

Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Recessional Saki

"I Loved A Lass" George Wither

"The Splendour Falls On Castle Walls"

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"So, We'll Go No More A-Roving"

George Gordon, Lord Byron

The Dalliance of the Eagles Walt Whitman

November Robert Bridges

Drinking Song John Still

Love Will Find Out The Way Anonymous

My Cat Jeoffrey Christopher Smart

The White island Robert Herrick

Death and Cupid Aesop

"Who Has Seen The Wind?" Christina Rossetti

Book IV....Winter

The Red Shoes Hans Christian Andersen

The Signal-Man Charles Dickens

A Merry Note William Shakespeare

"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" William Shakespeare

The Lion of Winter William Shakespeare

Dirge in Woods Feorge Meredith

A Wintry Sonnet Christina Rossetti

Song Christina Rossetti

The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons

Nightmare William Schwenk Gilbert

Witches' Loaves O. Henry

The Horla Guy De Maupassant

Sir Patrick Spence Anonymous

A Helen of Kirconnell Anonymous

"I Know a Little Garden-Close" William Morris

Night William Blake

Snow-Flakes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Snowstorm John Clare

The Snowstorm Ralph Waldo Emerson

London Snow Robert Bridges

Bits of Straw John Clare

The Bell-Tower Herman Melville

In The Dark E. Nesbit

The Hag Robert Herrick

A Spell John Dryden

The Old Ghost Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Sorrow Aubrey De Vere

Luke Havergal Edwin Arlington Robinson

Dirge Thomas Lovell Beddoes

The Two Spirits Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Phantom-Wooer Thomas Lovell Beddoes

The Portent Herman Melville

William Wilson Edgar Allan Poe

The Queen of Spades Alexander Pushkin

All Souls' Edith Wharton

The Carrion Crow Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Badger John Clare

The Eagle Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Mariana Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Kraken Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells

The Nose Nikolai Gogol

The Song of Triumphant Love Ivan Turgenev

The Walrus and The Carpenter Lewis Carroll

A Noiseless Patient Spider Walt Whitman

Up-Hill Christina Rossetti

Author Index

Title Index

Copyright By Harold Bloom, LLC

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      Publisher: Simon & Schuster
      Publication Date: 02/10/2002
      ISBN13: 9780684868745, 978-0684868745
      ISBN10: 0684868741

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Synopsis coming soon.......

      Trade Review
      The New York Times Magazine A colossus among critics.... His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant.
      Michael Pakenham The Baltimore Sun Bloom, one of this nation's premier intellects, draws together and makes sense of the purpose of the smartest, most enduring tales and poetry written primarily for children. The result is delightful reading.
      John Mark Eberhart The Kansas City Star This volume...should indeed be shared by the generations.

      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Introduction

      Book I....Spring

      The Human Seasons John Keats

      The Song of the Four Winds Thomas Love Peacock

      The Wind and The Rain William Shakespeare

      The Ass Eating Thistles Aesop

      A Crazy Tale Gilbert Keith Chesterton

      How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Rudyard Kipling

      The Message of the March Wind William Morris

      A Musical Instrument Elizabeth Barrett Browning

      Little Birds of the Night Stephen Crane

      There Was A Child Went Forth Walt Whitman

      Reflections Lafcadio Hearn

      The Owl and The Pussy-Cat Edward Lear

      Old May Song Anonymous

      "Home No More Home To Me" Robert Louis Stevenson

      The Fairies William Allingham

      Green Grass Anonymous

      "Beautiful Soup, So Rich and Green" Lewis Carroll

      "Gay Go Up, and Gay Go Down" Anonymous

      "Here We Come A Piping" Anonymous

      "Hey Nonny No!" Anonymous

      "I Had A Little Nut-Tree" Anonymous

      The Lincolnshire Poacher Anonymous

      Complements Emile Zola

      Book II....Summer

      The King of the Golden River John Ruskin

      The Jumblies Edward Lear

      A Runnable Stag John Davidson

      A Pig-Tale Lewis Carroll

      The Elephant's Child Rudyard Kipling

      The Bottle Imp Robert Louis Stevenson

      "I Saw A Peacock With A Fiery Tail" Anonymous

      "In Winter, When The Fields Are White" Lewis Carroll

      "Echo's Lament For Narcissus" Ben Jonson

      The Way Through The Woods Rudyard Kipling

      The Remarkable Rocket Oscar Wilde

      Journalism In Tennessee Mark Twain

      Roaring Mad Tom Anonymous

      The Mad Gardener's Song Lewis Carroll

      The War-Song of Dinas Vawr thomas Love Peacock

      "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Rudyard Kipling

      Uncle David's Nonsensical Story About Giants and Fairies

      Catherine Sinclair

      The Fox and The Hedgehog Aesop

      The Goose-Girl Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm

      The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde Mary De Morgan

      August algernon Charles Swinburne

      The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo Edward Lear

      The Crow and The Pitcher Aesop

      The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Stephen Crane

      Humpty Dumpty Lewis Carroll

      Book III....Autumn

      The Stag Looking Into The Water Aesop

      The Mock Turtle's Story Lewis Carroll

      The Floating Old Man Edward Lear

      The Wood So Wild Anonymous

      The Problem of Thor Bridge Arthur Conan Doyle

      Wakefield Nathaniel Hawthorne

      The Spring Lover and The Autumn Lover Lafcadio Hearn

      Goblin Market Christina Rossetti

      The Three Strangers Thomas Hardy

      How Much Land Does a Man Need? Leo Tolstoy

      Ali The Persian's Story of the Kurd Sharper

      The Arabian Nights

      A Leave-Taking Algernon Charles Swinburne

      The Unquiet Grave Anonymous

      Autumn John Clare

      "This is The Key of the Kingdom" Anonymous

      The Dong With A Luminous Nose Edward Lear

      "Weep You No More, Sad Fountains" Anonymous

      "Will You Walk A Little Faster?" Lewis Carroll

      The Two Pots Aesop

      Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne

      The Recessional Saki

      "I Loved A Lass" George Wither

      "The Splendour Falls On Castle Walls"

      Alfred, Lord Tennyson

      "So, We'll Go No More A-Roving"

      George Gordon, Lord Byron

      The Dalliance of the Eagles Walt Whitman

      November Robert Bridges

      Drinking Song John Still

      Love Will Find Out The Way Anonymous

      My Cat Jeoffrey Christopher Smart

      The White island Robert Herrick

      Death and Cupid Aesop

      "Who Has Seen The Wind?" Christina Rossetti

      Book IV....Winter

      The Red Shoes Hans Christian Andersen

      The Signal-Man Charles Dickens

      A Merry Note William Shakespeare

      "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" William Shakespeare

      The Lion of Winter William Shakespeare

      Dirge in Woods Feorge Meredith

      A Wintry Sonnet Christina Rossetti

      Song Christina Rossetti

      The Silver Swan Orlando Gibbons

      Nightmare William Schwenk Gilbert

      Witches' Loaves O. Henry

      The Horla Guy De Maupassant

      Sir Patrick Spence Anonymous

      A Helen of Kirconnell Anonymous

      "I Know a Little Garden-Close" William Morris

      Night William Blake

      Snow-Flakes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

      Snowstorm John Clare

      The Snowstorm Ralph Waldo Emerson

      London Snow Robert Bridges

      Bits of Straw John Clare

      The Bell-Tower Herman Melville

      In The Dark E. Nesbit

      The Hag Robert Herrick

      A Spell John Dryden

      The Old Ghost Thomas Lovell Beddoes

      Sorrow Aubrey De Vere

      Luke Havergal Edwin Arlington Robinson

      Dirge Thomas Lovell Beddoes

      The Two Spirits Percy Bysshe Shelley

      The Phantom-Wooer Thomas Lovell Beddoes

      The Portent Herman Melville

      William Wilson Edgar Allan Poe

      The Queen of Spades Alexander Pushkin

      All Souls' Edith Wharton

      The Carrion Crow Thomas Lovell Beddoes

      Badger John Clare

      The Eagle Alfred, Lord Tennyson

      Mariana Alfred, Lord Tennyson

      The Kraken Alfred, Lord Tennyson

      The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells

      The Nose Nikolai Gogol

      The Song of Triumphant Love Ivan Turgenev

      The Walrus and The Carpenter Lewis Carroll

      A Noiseless Patient Spider Walt Whitman

      Up-Hill Christina Rossetti

      Author Index

      Title Index

      Copyright By Harold Bloom, LLC

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