Harold Bloom
The Mormon Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
The Mormonizing of America: How The Mormon Religion Became a Dominant Force in Politics, Entertainment, and Pop CultureBy Stephen Mansfield (Worthy Publishing, 264 pp., $22.99) People of Paradox: A History of Mormon CultureBy Terryl L. Givens (Oxford University Press, 414 pp., $29.99) Falling in Love with Joseph Smith: My Search for the Real Prophet By Jane Barnes (Tarcher, 294 pp., $25.95) READ MORE >>
The Complicated Links Between Mormonism and Judaism
I commented long ago in The Spine about the courtship between fundamentalist Christianity and Israel. READ MORE >>
Mitt Romney: Tither Extraordinaire
Harold Bloom's Anxiety of (Mormon) Influence
The Shaman
The Anatomy of Influence: Literature as a Way of Life By Harold Bloom (Yale University Press, 357 pp., $32.50) READ MORE >>
Playing Changes
Family Business
A Nation of Commentators
The Misreader
Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine By Harold Bloom (Riverhead Books, 256 pp., $24.95) I. READ MORE >>
Textual Harassment
After Theory By Terry Eagleton (Basic Books, 231 pp., $25) I. READ MORE >>
