The Anxiety of Influence

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The Anxiety of Influence is a seminal work of literary criticism by Harold Bloom that explores how poets are shaped and constrained by the powerful influence of their predecessors.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
work of literary criticism ⓘ
academicDiscipline comparative literature ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ
author Harold Bloom ⓘ
centralFigure the strong poet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs seminal work of literary criticism ⓘ
explores constraints imposed by literary tradition ⓘ
how poets are shaped by predecessors ⓘ
psychological struggle of poets with influence ⓘ
followedBy A Map of Misreading ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
hasEdition second edition with new preface ⓘ
hasPart apophrades ⓘ
askesis ⓘ
clinamen ⓘ
daemonization ⓘ
kenosis ⓘ
tessera ⓘ
influenced deconstruction-era criticism ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
studies of intertextuality ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Northrop Frye ⓘ
Romantic poets ⓘ
Sigmund Freud ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Romantic poetry ⓘ
creative anxiety ⓘ
influence in literature ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ
literary tradition ⓘ
poetic originality ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
precursor poets ⓘ
notableIdea creative misprision ⓘ
poetic creation as agon with predecessors ⓘ
strong poets misread their precursors ⓘ
proposesConcept anxiety of influence ⓘ
revisionary ratios ⓘ
publicationDate 1973 ⓘ
publisher Oxford University Press ⓘ
setInPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
surface form: Romanticism (as primary poetic focus)
targetAudience scholars of literature ⓘ
students of poetry ⓘ

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Harold Bloom → notableWork → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
anxiety of influence → mainWork → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry
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subject surface form: Anxiety of influence
this entity surface form: The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry
The Western Canon → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
A Map of Misreading → follows → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
Poetry and Repression → relatedWork → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
The Book of J → relatedWork → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ
How to Read and Why → relatedWork → The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ