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Influence in Literary Theory - Tradition and Individualism

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This lecture examines Harold Bloom’s theory of influence alongside T. S. Eliot’s ideas about tradition and individual talent. It traces how poets negotiate the literary legacies of their predecessors, drawing on psychoanalytic theory and examples from major writers.

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- Chapter 1. Introduction to Harold Bloom
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- Chapter 2. Mimesis and Imitatio
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- Chapter 3. Bloom "Misreads" Eliot
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- Chapter 4: Literary History: the Always Already Written "Strong Poem"
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- Chapter 5. Lacan and Bloom on Tony the Tow Truck
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