In the tradition of the bestselling the "Western Canon, Genius" is a monumental achievement of scholarship that offers a series of brief parallel appreciations of 100 of the greatest creative minds of all time.

In the tradition of the bestselling the "Western Canon, Genius" is a monumental achievement of scholarship that offers a series of brief parallel appreciations of 100 of the greatest creative minds of all time.

From the Bible to Ralph Ellison, America's most prominent and bestselling literary critic takes an enlightening look at the concept of genius through the ages in a celebration of the greatest creative writers of all time.