Information is endlessly available to us where shall wisdom be found is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now at a time when faster and easier electronic media threatens to eclipse the practice of reading Bloom draws on his experience as critic teacher and prolific reader to plumb the great books for their sustaining wisdom. Shedding all polemic Bloom addresses the solitary reader who he urges should read for the purest of all reasons to discover and augment the self. His ultimate faith in the restorative power of literature resonates on every page of this infinitely rewarding and important book. show more