Harold Bloom - The Anxiety Of Influence. A Theo... Link

A movement of self-discipline where the poet diminishes both themselves and the precursor to reach a lonely state of "solitude."

Accessing a power or "daimon" that supposedly predates the precursor, bypassing them entirely. Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence. A Theo...

A "swerve" away from the precursor, implying the original poem went wrong at a specific point. A movement of self-discipline where the poet diminishes

Milton struggled to find a voice that wasn't overshadowed by Shakespeare’s massive legacy. Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence. A Theo...