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.
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| A Map of Misreading canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Map of Misreading Context triple: [Harold Bloom, notableWork, A Map of Misreading]
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A.
Syllabus of Errors
Syllabus of Errors is a 19th-century papal document that catalogues and condemns a series of modern philosophical, political, and religious doctrines deemed incompatible with Catholic teaching.
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B.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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C.
The Right to Read
"The Right to Read" is a short story by Richard Stallman that warns about the dangers of restrictive digital rights management and the loss of freedoms in a future where sharing digital works is criminalized.
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D.
Considerations by the Way
"Considerations by the Way" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that reflects on practical ethics and the conduct of everyday life, included as part of his collection "The Conduct of Life."
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E.
A Fool's Alphabet
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Map of Misreading Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Syllabus of Errors
Syllabus of Errors is a 19th-century papal document that catalogues and condemns a series of modern philosophical, political, and religious doctrines deemed incompatible with Catholic teaching.
-
B.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
-
C.
The Right to Read
"The Right to Read" is a short story by Richard Stallman that warns about the dangers of restrictive digital rights management and the loss of freedoms in a future where sharing digital works is criminalized.
-
D.
Considerations by the Way
"Considerations by the Way" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that reflects on practical ethics and the conduct of everyday life, included as part of his collection "The Conduct of Life."
-
E.
A Fool's Alphabet
A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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subject surface form:
Anxiety of influence