Anxiety of influence

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

• Authors: Harold Bloom, Prof. Harold Bloom
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1997
• EAN: 9780195112214
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511221-4
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc