Harold Bloom: Poetics of Conflict

by Graham Allen

This introduction to the American literary critic Harold Bloom explores the paradoxical shifts between theory and poetry which mark Bloom's writings. Clearly outlines the main features of Bloom's unique approach to poetry; emphasizes Bloom's "poetics of conflict" and his theory of the "anxiety of influence." Each chapter includes a reading in which a relevant example of Bloom's practice of interpretation is discussed in relation to his theory. For those interested in literary theory and criticism, cultural theory, Romantic and Modern poetry.

240 pages, Paperback

First published April 14, 1994

About the author

Professor Graham Allen joined the School of English in University College Cork in 1995. Professor Allen has published extensively in the fields of literary and cultural theory and on subjects within Romantic literary studies. Professor Allen is Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the London Graduate School, a member of the Advisory Board of The Oxford Literary Review, a publishing poet and a regular book reviewer for The Sunday Business Post. The title poem of The One That Got Away won the 2010 Listowel Single Poem Prize and the collection has been shortlisted for The Crashaw Prize (2013), the Fool for Poetry Prize (2014) and the Strong/Shine First Collection Prize (2015).‍