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.
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.
From reviews of the first edition "Bloom has helped to make the study of Romantic poetry as intellectually and spiritually challenging a branch of literary studies as one may find."--The New York Times Book Review "This book will assuredly come to be valued as a major twentieth-century statement on the subject of tradition and individual talent."--David J. Gordon, The Yale Review
Harold Bloom ist Sterling Professor of Humanities an der Yale University, Berg Professor of English an der New York University und früher Charles Eliot Norton Professor in Harvard. Zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen, die vielfach ausgezeichnet wurden. Der Autor ist heute einer der bedeutenden Literaturwissenschaftler in den USA.
