The anxiety of influence

a theory of poetry

by Harold Bloom

1973 157 pages eng ★ 3.7 (3 ratings)

Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence has cast its 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 precursors and the individual artist. His argument that all literary texts a…