The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, 2nd Edition

Author/Contributor(s):	Bloom, Harold
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	04/10/1997
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Written in a moving personal style, anchored by concrete examples, and memorable quotes, this second edition of Bloom's classic work maintains that the anxiety of influence cannot be evaded--neither by poets nor by responsible readers and critics. A new Introduction, centering upon Shakespeare and Marlowe, explains the genesis of Bloom's thinking, and the subsequent influence of the book on literary criticism of the past twenty years.