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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| The Anxiety of Influence canonical | 6 |
| The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry | 2 |
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Target entity: The Anxiety of Influence Context triple: [Harold Bloom, notableWork, The Anxiety of Influence]
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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
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The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Anxiety of Influence Target entity description: 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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A.
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems is a 1918 collection of anti-war poetry by Siegfried Sassoon that vividly depicts the horrors and futility of trench warfare in World War I.
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B.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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C.
The Winding Stair and Other Poems
The Winding Stair and Other Poems is a 1933 poetry collection by W.B. Yeats that reflects his mature style, blending mystical symbolism with meditations on aging, history, and spiritual transformation.
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D.
The Future Poetry
The Future Poetry is a critical work by Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo that explores the spiritual evolution of poetry and envisions a higher, more intuitive poetic expression for the future.
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E.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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