Poetry and Repression
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"Poetry and Repression" is a critical work by literary theorist Harold Bloom that explores how poetic creativity emerges through psychological conflict and resistance to prior literary influences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Poetry and Repression canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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literary criticism work ⓘ |
| author | Harold Bloom ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
debates on authorship and originality
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development of influence studies in literature ⓘ understanding of repression in artistic creation ⓘ |
| criticalApproach |
close reading
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intertextual analysis ⓘ psychoanalytic interpretation ⓘ |
| exploresConcept |
agonistic relation between poets
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anxiety of influence ⓘ creative misreading ⓘ repression as a source of creativity ⓘ revisionary ratios ⓘ sublimation ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
literary studies
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poetics ⓘ psychoanalysis and literature ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how new poems revise earlier poems
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how poets resist influence ⓘ relationship between strong poets and precursors ⓘ |
| genre |
literary theory
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poetry criticism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
emphasis on conflict as generative for art
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emphasis on individual poetic strength ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely discussed in academic literary criticism ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
dialectic of freedom and constraint in art
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psychic costs of poetic creation ⓘ struggle between originality and tradition ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalFramework |
psychoanalytic theory
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theory of poetic influence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Romantic poetry tradition
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Sigmund Freud ⓘ modernist poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
influence of prior poets
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intertextuality ⓘ modern poetry ⓘ poetic creativity ⓘ psychoanalytic literary criticism ⓘ psychological conflict in poetry ⓘ repression ⓘ romantic poetry ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Map of Misreading
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The Anxiety of Influence ⓘ The Breaking of the Vessels ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Anxiety of influence