Harold Bloom's "Notes" Toward Self-Canonization.

The article discusses the critic Harold Bloom's analysis of the poem "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction" by Wallace Stevens, and examines Bloom's theories on literary immortality and desire to establish his critical legacy. His ideas regarding the necessity of artists "suppressing" their predecessors i...

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Publicado en:Wallace Stevens Journal Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 101 - 118
Autor principal: Goldstein, Lynda R.
Formato: Poetry Review
Publicado: Johns Hopkins University Press Fall1985
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Sumario:The article discusses the critic Harold Bloom's analysis of the poem "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction" by Wallace Stevens, and examines Bloom's theories on literary immortality and desire to establish his critical legacy. His ideas regarding the necessity of artists "suppressing" their predecessors in order to create space for their own work are also explored.