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Ep 51 - The Anxiety of Influence (Harold Bloom)

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Bloom's Criticism of Great Literature

Bloom was a great fan of nature as he was Freud and Emerson Bloom saw cannons and comparison as being complementary to writers but in the academies to compare to say you like one rather than another or to supply reasons and say why this writer is better than this writer was seen as an immature thing to do. making exceptions for the sincere and genuine are very often delineating their inclusiveness by being incredibly exclusive they're just excluding a different set or a different group. So Bloom's criteria for appreciating great literature and he would love to compare he wouldLove to construct cannons he would loveTo rank his work, we'll get to nature though many times throughout this show because Bloom was agreat fan

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