A Map of Misreading
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A Map of Misreading is a critical work by literary theorist Harold Bloom that explores how poets creatively reinterpret and transform the influence of their predecessors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Map of Misreading canonical | 5 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| argues | poets creatively misread their precursors to clear imaginative space ⓘ |
| author | Harold Bloom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focusesOn | relationships between strong poets and precursors ⓘ |
| follows | The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ |
| genre |
literary theory
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poetry criticism ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
apophrades
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askesis ⓘ clinamen ⓘ daemonization ⓘ kenosis ⓘ misprision ⓘ revisionary ratios ⓘ tessera ⓘ |
| hasForm | monograph ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
creative transformation of influence
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interpretation as misreading ⓘ originality in poetry ⓘ struggle between poets and tradition ⓘ |
| influenced |
late 20th-century literary theory
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studies of poetic influence ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of literary theory
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scholars of literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Romantic poetry
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creative misreading ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ modern poetry ⓘ poetic influence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extension of ideas from The Anxiety of Influence
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systematic elaboration of Bloom’s revisionary ratios ⓘ |
| partOf | Harold Bloom’s theory of influence ⓘ |
| periodDiscussed |
Romantic period
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modern period ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1975 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Romantic theory
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intertextual theory of poetry ⓘ psychoanalytic criticism ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Anxiety of influence