Poetics of Influence

by Harold Bloom

Genres: Literary Criticism

500 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1988

About the author

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world." After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995.
Bloom was a defender of the traditional Western canon at a time when literature departments were focusing on what he derided as the "school of resentment" (multiculturalists, feminists, Marxists, and others). He was educated at Yale University, the University of Cambridge, and Cornell University.

Reviews

[Cep Subhan KM · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of essays continuing the controversial theory of poetry: The Anxiety of Influence. I like Harold Bloom for his consistency of thinking so that every time we read his "new" books, we dig deeper and deeper, with him.