by Harold Bloom · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433961778
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«El futuro de la imaginación» is Harold Bloom's literary criticism essay, published by Editorial Anagrama in hardback (205 pages, in Spanish).
The book stems from the acceptance speech for the Premi Internacional Catalunya 2002, where Bloom surveys Catalan literature, from Ramon Llull to Mercè Rodoreda, and asks about the future of the novel in the internet age, with chapters on authors such as Shakespeare, Wilde, Molière, Pirandello, Cervantes, Octavio Paz, and Saramago.
Part of the Argumentos collection, number 286; translation by Daniel Najmías Bentolila; first edition published in 2002.
Aimed at a general audience interested in literary essays and in Harold Bloom as a critic.
Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
