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

Milton struggled to find a voice that wasn't overshadowed by Shakespeare’s massive legacy.

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

An act of self-emptying where the poet breaks with the precursor’s influence to seem independent. Milton struggled to find a voice that wasn't