there is always something new to learn
and "An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson" [1792]
Very early in the career of the biographer who later wrote A Portrait of Jane Austen (1978)
Long out of print and scarce
16798 Kipling there is always something newBloom starts this collection with a lesson on analysis of character, then an editor's note and an introduction that interestingly compares her to Richardson's Clarissa. Essays by Marvin Mudrick, Andrew H. Wright, C. S. Lewis, Henrietta Ten Harmsel, Howard S. Babb, Stuart M. Tave, Susan Morgan, Bernard J. Paris, Susan Fraiman, Donald A. Bloom, Gloria Sybil Gross. Character profile, bibliography, index. Can these esteemed critics help us understand why