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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Anxiety of Influence canonical | 6 |
| The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative literature
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literary studies ⓘ |
| author | Harold Bloom ⓘ |
| centralFigure | the strong poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | seminal work of literary criticism ⓘ |
| explores |
constraints imposed by literary tradition
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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
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askesis ⓘ clinamen ⓘ daemonization ⓘ kenosis ⓘ tessera ⓘ |
| influenced |
deconstruction-era criticism
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literary theory ⓘ poetics ⓘ studies of intertextuality ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Northrop Frye ⓘ Romantic poets ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Romantic poetry
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creative anxiety ⓘ influence in literature ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ literary tradition ⓘ poetic originality ⓘ poetry ⓘ precursor poets ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
creative misprision
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poetic creation as agon with predecessors ⓘ strong poets misread their precursors ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
anxiety of influence
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revisionary ratios ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
Romanticism
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surface form:
Romanticism (as primary poetic focus)
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| targetAudience |
scholars of literature
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students of poetry ⓘ |
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Anxiety of influence
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The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry