Cover of The Anxiety of Influence PN1031.B53 1975
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The Anxiety of Influence

by Harold Bloom

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The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry is a 1973 book by Harold Bloom on the anxiety of influence in writing poetry. It was the first in a series of books that advanced a new "revisionary" or antithetical approach to literary criticism. Bloom's central thesis is that poets are hindered in their creative process by the ambiguous relationship they necessarily maintain with precursor poets.

First published 1973 212 pages
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Literary Criticism
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DDC 809.1 LCC PN-1031.00000000.B53 1975 809.1DichtkunstPn1031 .b53 1996PoetikPoetryPoetry, history and criticismPoétique
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ISBN 9780195112214 English
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