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anxiety of influence: a standalone construct

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Literary theory

the poet's struggle against a strong precursor, which drives later poets to misread and revise earlier poems in order to clear imaginative space.

In literary theory, anxiety of influence refers to the poet's struggle against a strong precursor, which drives later poets to misread and revise earlier poems in order to clear imaginative space. This meaning comes from Bloom (1973) in The anxiety of influence.[1]

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  1. Bloom, H. (1973). The anxiety of influence: A theory of poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195016130

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