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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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Harold Bloom
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...talked to um david bromwich and david bromwich had mentor was harold bloom right and harold bloom wrote a very famous book called anxiety..."
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Jiang defines great literature, via Harold Bloom, as a shocking experience that reorients a reader's worldview and remains memorable for life.
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Jiang presents Harold Bloom's explanation of a great book as something that helps readers become human because its characters can hear themselves speak.
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"...talked to um david bromwich and david bromwich had mentor was harold bloom right and harold bloom wrote a very famous book called anxiety..."
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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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"...today, they are unique in what they do. He's a genius. Harold Bloom, the great American literary critic, says that great literature is shocking...."
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"It shakes you in a way that forces you to reorientate your worldview. It forces you to better understand who you are. You're placing..."
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"...Okay, so there was a very famous American literary critic named Harold Bloom, he was at Yale. He actually taught at Yale when I..."
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"...studying professor of english at um yale um his mentor was harold bloom of course i didn't mention that um and he will come..."
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"...and create your own framework. Okay? This is a process that Harold Bloom, the great Yale literary scholar, refers to as creative self -destruction...."
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"so there is at yale or he was at yale but harold bloom was the greatest american literary critic he was a huge fan..."
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"...a very. He. Had a huge influence on a man named Harold Bloom. Harold Bloom is, um, or was America's greatest literary critic, and..."
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