The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry by Harold Bloom (English) Paperback

Description: The Anxiety of Influence by Harold Bloom Blooms The Anxiety of Influence, is a study of Romantic poets and the relation between tradition and the individual artist. For the second edition, Bloom offers an introduction which explains the genesis of his thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Harold Blooms The Anxiety of Influence has cast its own long shadow of influence since it was first published in 1973. Through an insightful study of Romantic poets, Bloom puts forth his central vision of the relations between tradition and the individual artist. Although Bloom was never the leader of any critical "camp," his argument that all literary texts are a response to those that precede them had an enormous impact on the practice of deconstruction andpoststructuralist literary theory in this country. The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature and has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984. Written in a movingpersonal style, anchored by concrete examples, and memorably quotable, Blooms book maintains that the anxiety of influence cannot be evaded--neither by poets nor by responsible readers and critics. This second edition contains a new Introduction, which explains the genesis of Blooms thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.criticism of the past twenty years. Here, Bloom asserts that the anxiety of influence comes out ofa complex act of strong misreading, a creative interpretation he calls "poetic misprision." The influence-anxiety does not so much concern the forerunner but rather is an anxiety achieved in and by thestory, novel, play, poem, or essay. In other words, without Keatss reading of Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, we could not have Keatss odes and sonnets and his two Hyperions. Given the enormous attention generated by Blooms controversial The Western Canon, this new edition is certain to find a readymade audience among the new generation of scholars, students, and layreaders interested in the Bloom cannon. Author Biography 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. Review 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 subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review*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 subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review*"The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold Bloom, has yet written."--Commonweal* Promotional "The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold Bloom, has yet written."--Commonweal Long Description Harold Blooms The Anxiety of Influence has cast its own long shadow of influence since it was first published in 1973. Through an insightful study of Romantic poets, Bloom puts forth his central vision of the relations between tradition and the individual artist. Although Bloom was never the leader of any critical "camp," his argument that all literary texts are a response to those that precede them had an enormous impact on the practice of deconstruction andpoststructuralist literary theory in this country. The book remains a central work of criticism for all students of literature and has sold over 17,000 copies in paperback since 1984. Written in a movingpersonal style, anchored by concrete examples, and memorably quotable, Blooms book maintains that the anxiety of influence cannot be evaded--neither by poets nor by responsible readers and critics. This second edition contains a new Introduction, which explains the genesis of Blooms thinking and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.criticism of the past twenty years. Here, Bloom asserts that the anxiety of influence comes out ofa complex act of strong misreading, a creative interpretation he calls "poetic misprision." The influence-anxiety does not so much concern the forerunner but rather is an anxiety achieved in and by thestory, novel, play, poem, or essay. In other words, without Keatss reading of Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, we could not have Keatss odes and sonnets and his two Hyperions. Given the enormous attention generated by Blooms controversial The Western Canon, this new edition is certain to find a readymade audience among the new generation of scholars, students, and layreaders interested in the Bloom cannon. Review Text 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 subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review*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 subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review*"The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold Bloom, has yet written."--Commonweal* Review Quote "This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review* Feature "The most significant work that the gifted scholar-critic, Harold Bloom, has yet written."--Commonweal Details ISBN0195112210 Short Title ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0195112210 ISBN-13 9780195112214 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Subtitle A Theory of Poetry Replaces 9780195018967 Illustrations bibliography Author Harold Bloom Residence New York City New Haven, NY, US Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780195112214 UK Release Date 1997-07-03 AU Release Date 1997-07-03 NZ Release Date 1997-07-03 US Release Date 1997-07-03 Birth 1920 Affiliation Principal, Brasenose College, University of Oxford Position Principal Qualifications MD Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Publication Date 1997-07-03 DEWEY 808.1 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 208 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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