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The Anatomy of Influence - Literature as a Way of Life (Paperback)
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The Anatomy of Influence - Literature as a Way of Life (Paperback)
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Our most revered critic returns to his signature theme "Literary
criticism, as I attempt to practice it," writes Harold Bloom in The
Anatomy of Influence, "is in the first place literary, that is to
say, personal and passionate." For more than half a century, Bloom
has shared his profound knowledge of the written word with students
and readers. In this, his most comprehensive and accessible study
of influence, Bloom leads us through the labyrinthine paths which
link the writers and critics who have informed and inspired him for
so many years. The result is "a critical self-portrait," a
sustained meditation on a life lived with and through the great
works of the Western canon: Why has influence been my lifelong
obsessive concern? Why have certain writers found me and not
others? What is the end of a literary life? Featuring extended
analyses of Bloom's most cherished poets-Shakespeare, Whitman, and
Crane-as well as inspired appreciations of Emerson, Tennyson,
Browning, Yeats, Ashbery, and others, The Anatomy of Influence
adapts Bloom's classic work The Anxiety of Influence to show us
what great literature is, how it comes to be, and why it matters.
Each chapter maps startling new literary connections that suddenly
seem inevitable once Bloom has shown us how to listen and to read.
A fierce and intimate appreciation of the art of literature on a
scale that the author will not again attempt, TheAnatomy of
Influence follows the sublime works it studies, inspiring the
reader with a sense of something ever more about to be.
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