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Jiang's Bloomian model of creation: first imitate the stronger predecessor, then defeat or exceed him to become yourself.
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anxiety of influence
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Jiang uses Harold Bloom's anxiety of influence to explain creation: a younger poet must be overwhelmed by a stronger predecessor, imitate him, then overcome him.
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"...right and harold bloom wrote a very famous book called anxiety of influence and and very high very idea of anxiety influence is how..."
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"develop your own creativity it doesn't make sense you can't do it in a vacuum you can't do it in a blank slate you..."
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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