The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry
Harold Bloom
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Description for The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry
Paperback. A study of the Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist. For this second edition Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism. Num Pages: 204 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence, an insightful study of Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist, has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984 and remains a central work of criticism for students of literature. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.
Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence, an insightful study of Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist, has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984 and remains a central work of criticism for students of literature. For the second edition, Bloom offers a new introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195112214
SKU
V9780195112214
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Ref
99-3
About Harold Bloom
Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University and Berg Professor of English at New York University. He is the author of numerous publications including A Map of Misreading, Yeats, The Book of J, The American Religion, The Western Canon, and Omens of the Millennium.
Reviews for The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry
From reviews of the first edition Bloom has helped to make the study of Romantic poetry as intellectually and spiritually challenging a branch of literary studies as one may find.
The New York Times Book Review This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the ... Read more
The New York Times Book Review This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the ... Read more