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

A "swerve" away from the precursor, implying the original poem went wrong at a specific point.

Bloom argues that "great" writing is born from a writer's fear that they have nothing original to say. This creates a "Freudian" struggle between the (the established master) and the Ephebe (the new poet). Harold Bloom - The Anxiety of Influence. A Theo...

Milton struggled to find a voice that wasn't overshadowed by Shakespeare’s massive legacy. A "swerve" away from the precursor, implying the